Week of March 5th

We have completed Topic 8- Time & Money. These skills will continue to be practiced and reviewed to ensure mastery of these life skills. Topic 9 is Numbers to 1,000. Students will be able to explain that three-digit numbers represent amounts of hundreds, tens and ones. Also, reading and writing numbers to 1,000 using different forms. Examples of those form are standard, expanded and written. Here is an example with the number 781: standard form- 781, expanded form- 700 + 80 + 1 and word form- seven hundred eighty-one.

In our last week of Unit 4, poetry was the genre used to teach the essential question What excited us about nature? Vocabulary for the week included alliteration, free verse and similes. Similes are comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as. Examples from our poetry included leaves are like a blanket on the ground and the air feels as cool as drops of rain on your cheek. Our grammar skills for the week included contractions and pronouns.

In writing, we began fictional narratives. Fictional narratives are stories that have characters, setting and events. The characters communicate through dialogue which means the introduction of "quotation marks". This week was Ms. Hamker's last week helping us with writing. We are thankful for her time with us and she leaves us being better writers and being to edit our work.

We began our introduction to our science habitat unit. The science standard is Living things function and interact with their physical environments. Students read book to introduce what a habitat is and what it needs to provide for plants and animals.

Next Week:

* We have In-View testing on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday will be for any make-ups. Here is more information.

* We will be celebrating Read-Across America this week with a variety of readings including whole school, buddies and more. Thursday afternoon with be the kick-off for our One District, One Book campaign. All Avon Lake Elementary students will be nightly reading a book at home and answering comprehension questions. These completed questions will become your entry into daily drawings for exciting prizes! The book this year is... You will ave to wait until Thursday to find out!

* I will be out on Wednesday the 14th and Monday the 19th for district meetings.

* Our Avon Lake Public Library field trip on habitats is on Monday, March 19th from 1 to 2:30. We would love to have a few parent volunteers so let me know if you are available.

* Disability Awareness Week is planned for the Week of the 19th. The theme is It is okay to be me. 

See you Monday!
Marissa Wilhelm