Week of January 13th 

Math: We begin chapter 5 on related fact families this week coming in with some great previous knowledge. We'll practice identifying if it's adding or subtracting, then practice making fact families by finding the addition problem from a subtraction problem and vise versa. We'll also practice that in games and continue practicing money value with coins.

Reading: We'll be learning about how modifiers in sentences help us see images by describing and then drawing using these modifiers. We'll also practice identifying adjectives and prepositions as well as retelling the story in sequential parts. 

Spelling: Our spelling focus will be long /e/ words using the /ee/ spelling pattern.  

Writing: As we slide back into our writing workshops we'll be focusing on how and what topic to choose when trying to decide what story of ours to make into a published story. We'll focus on writing things with a setting we care about as well the story taking the readers on a journey through our own writing.  

Science: We'll start a brand new science unit as we begin to look at penguins! We'll talk about what we already know and cover some basic and broad facts this week before making our own penguin fact books.