Reader’s Workshop

Ask your child: Ask me my favorite part in

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Ask me about the character traits of my favorite character. Ask me to provide evidence from the story to support the characteristics.

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I am visualizing story events and making connections. I am also listening for comparisons Roald Dahl makes as a writer in this book. Example: “Wonka was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents."

Ask me some facts I learned about chocolate!

I read articles on the Chinese New Year. Ask me what I learned about the Chinese New Year. I practiced rereading the text and looking for the answer to the questions.

As books become longer and more complex, I am learning to jot down notes on Post-Its to keep track of the story and remember the important things that happen.

I am reading nonfiction books that involve force and motion. I am looking at features in these books that I can use in the information books I will be

Writer’s Workshop: Ask your child: I continue to use mentor texts to help me as I write my information

book. Ask me the topic of my information book. I am using my force and motion lingo in my book!

I continue to learn how to use comparisons in my writing to help teach readers information.

I am writing an introduction and conclusion for my information book! My introductions and conclusions should be at least two sentences. These should be fun and engaging for my audience! I am editing in order to make my book easier to read

Reader’s Workshop

Ask your child: Ask me about the

character traits of Mr. Hatch in the story, Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. Ask me to provide evidence from the story to support the characteristics.

Ask me the themes in the story Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch.

Ask me to tell you what I learned about the history of Valentine’s Day.

The Read Aloud this week is Reddy Freddy! Kindness Counts. Ask me about the class kindness chain.

I read texts and articles about the noncontact force…magnets! Ask me what I learned.

I am learning about the Inuit culture. I am using text features in books to gather information to learn about the Inuit!

Mrs. Smoral’s Class

Math Workshop: Ask your child: Ask me to tell you about the calendar markers on our

February Calendar Grid! I am learning to identify a part of a whole with a fraction. Ask me about the cool country flags on the Calendar Grid. I am solving story problems with the start unknown, the change unknown and the result unknown.

Ask me too retell the story A Cloak for A Dreamer. I learned a tessellation is a design with no overlapping shapes or gaps. Ask me about the class paper quilt my class is making!

I continue to work with the pattern blocks making cool designs! Ask me the name of some shapes I use as I make designs.

MATH VOCABULARY: quadrant, intersect, expression, probability, fraction, numerator, denominator, data, bar graph, picture graph, pictograph, expanded form, thousand, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, rhombus, triangle, scalene triangle, isosceles triangle, equilateral triangle, symmetry, line of symmetry, attribute, half, greater than, less than, tessellate, tessellation

Word Study: Ask your child: This week I searched for words in books I read that went in

my word features. I am learning more about contractions.

New Vocabulary Words

Ask your child to define, syllabicate and use these words in a sentence.

affection cloak embark despair obstinate

Learning Experiences

February 15, 2019

Special Happenings Ask your child:- Ask me about the fun Valentine’s Day party!

THANK YOU to all the parents who helped with the party!

- Ask me where the global grandparents are right now! What did I learn about Vietnam?

- Ask me about Mrs. Gilliland’s guidance lesson this week.

- No School on Monday – Presidents’ Day!

Feb 15, 2019RandomActs of

Kindness