Mrs. Andrews' Class

  Reminders Mar. 11th:  Evening Parent Teacher Interviews Mar. 12:  Daytime Parent-Teacher Interviews. NO SCHOOL Mar. 29th -Apr. 5th Spring Break NO SCHOOL Apr. 6th Classes Resume   This week in ELA we were working on adding descriptive details to add interest to our events in our stories. We are trying to stretch out our ideas so an event is more than 1-2 sentences long. Here are a few examples of some of their work.   This week in math we were learning about equality and inequality. We discussed how the = sign means the same.   We practiced labelling and making equations that were equal and not equal.  In Science this week we did a few S.T.E.A.M challenges where students had to create towers using materials with different specifications.  Our first challenge was the Cat in the Hat challenge.  Students had to build the tallest tower they could with red cups (the Cat's hat).   Our second challenge was the One cube challenge.  Students had to build towers that balanced on ONE cube! 

  This week in ELA we will be focusing on adding descriptive details to add interest to our events in our stories. We are trying to stretch out our ideas so an event is more than 1-2 sentences long. Here are the words for this week that students should be able to read and write. Students are practicing using their words in a sentence as well. Red Group:  apple, put, red, is, little Blue Group: book, school, teacher, street, went Purple Group: light, lights, dish, dishes, wishes Today in Health, we read the story In My Heart. We talked about how our heart feels when someone does something kind for us and the children had to generate a list of words to describe the feeling, but they could not use happy or good. Some of the words they came up with were;  Joyful, loving, cheerful, thankful, kind, helpful, 

  Reminders Feb. 24th:  Pink Shirt Day & STEAM Challenge Day Mar. 11th:  Evening Parent Teacher Interviews Mar. 12:  Daytime Parent-Teacher Interviews. NO SCHOOL Mar. 29th -Apr. 5th Spring Break NO SCHOOL Apr. 6th Classes Resume Remember to dress for the weather.  We go outside every day for recess, lunch recess and gym. This week in ELA we finished planning our fictional stories and started the writing process. We learned how to introduce our characters and setting within the first few sentences and then introduce our problem next.  Next week we will learn how to add interesting details to stretch out the events in our story. This week in Math we reviewed different strategies such as "Rob 1 to make a ten" when adding 9. We have been playing a lot of different card games to practice our addition and subtraction.  I will put the different game boards and instructions  in my Google Classroom under the tab Math Resources, if you would like to print them off and play at home.

  Reminders Feb. 5th:  Report Cards will be online  * Report cards will not be sent home this year due to COIVD, but you will be able to access them on Feb. 5th through Powerschool.  Please make sure you have your Powerschool account set up so that you can view your child's report card online.  If you have not yet set up your My Powerschool Account, please call Ms. Boyce in the office and she will help you get it set up.  Feb. 11-13:  Teachers' Convention ~ NO SCHOOL Feb. 16th:  Family Day ~ NO SCHOOL Remember to dress for the weather.  We go outside every day for recess, lunch recess and gym. This deadline for bringing a classroom valentine has been extended until Monday, February 8th.  If your child would still like to make one for the class they are more than welcome to bring it in on Monday.  On Wednesday they will have the chance to read their card to the class and we will put them on display for the month. This week in ELA we finished writing our good copies of our person