Welcome Back!

Happy New Year and welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful break. As I write this blog, I think about how thankful I am to be working at Shorecrest and trying to make a difference in the lives of your children. I look forward to watching your children grow and develop over the next five months and try to make a difference in their lives.

I also want to thank you all again for your generous gifts and warm wishes leading up to the holiday period. It is such a pleasure working with your children and delight in seeing their enthusiasm for learning.

Here is our week at a glance. Please take note that Current Events sharing will begin next Monday, January 10th.

Language Arts
Phonics: r-controlled vowel (ur/ir, ur, er, ear)
Spelling: perfect, birthday, purple, circus, surprise, pearl, search, swerve, earthquake, lurk, first, more, direction, being, dream
Reading: Rain Forest Babies" by Kathy Darling
Fluency: Phrasing
Comprehension: Fiction and Nonfiction; Monitor comprehension: reread
Robust Vocabulary: dappled, entranced, trooped, circling, adorable, assortment, habitat, immense
Grammar: Pronouns
Writing Workshop: Revision (Small Moment Writing) and Things to Look Forward to in 2011

Mathematics: Unit 4 and 5
Review Partial Sums
Progress Check
Rules used to classify shapes; to develop readiness for division; and telling time using digital and analog notation
Points and Line Segments

PLEASE MARK JANUARY 20th ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR OUR MATH NIGHT. MORE DETAILS COMING YOUR WAY NEXT BLOG.

Social Studies
Australia

Science
The Rock Cycle