What we have been learning

Reader's Workshop

In Reader’s Workshop this week we wrapped up our unit on Animals Surviving and Thriving!
All unit long, we've been thinking about how people and animals are interconnected. We've been reading and learning about how we can play a role in animals' survival and how we can take care of the different habitats around the world. 

This week we read two main texts; How Chipmunk Got His Stripes, and Mathew and Tilly
In our reading response journals, we focused on using text evidence to show our reasoning. Some students chose to use phrases like "I know because...", "The pictures show..." or "The author said..." to help them get started. 

Next week, we will begin our unit on Resources in Our Communities. We will use the text Mirror to begin our work around why markets are important to people around the world and comparing markets in different places.

Word Study

In Word Study, we have been working on reading and writing words from short /u/ word families (-ug and -ut).  This coming week we will work with reading and writing words with the glued sounds -ung and -unk.

Next Week's Weekly Words:

• goods: things people buy or own
• service: job someone does which helps others
• shop: to visit stores to look over and buy goods
• consumer: someone who buys and uses products and services
• producer: someone who makes goods or provides a service
• buy: to get a good or a service in exchange for money

Writer's Workshop

In Writer’s workshop we have just about finished our non-fiction texts about animals. Please come and celebrate the writing we have done this winter at our publishing party on:

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

8:45-9:45 am

Families should enter and sign in at the lower school main entrance. The 1,000 Cups Coffee Shop operated by Curley middle school students will be selling coffee and baked goods beginning at 8:30. 

Next week, we will begin our Poetry Unit! We will be using The Best Part of Me and other poems and poetry books as mentor texts before students begin writing their own "I am" poems to kick off our unit.

Math

In math, students have been working on combinations of ten. We are practicing and developing accurate number sense by playing games involving one known and one unknown number to quickly find the combination that makes ten.

Studios

 In art studio, we have been making reusable bags out of recycled T-shirts!