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HomeworkPlease do not! send in Nutella for lunch or a snack. That is a nut product and we had children who are allergic to nuts! Book Baggies should be returned Monday so your child can get a new one! Math;Mass and Capacity Mass: how much something weighs Capacity: how much something can hold L.I. I am learning to estimate, measure and describe the campacity and mass of an object using non-standard units. e.g. My journal has the same mass as 13 pencils The juice can has the sam capacity of 4 pop cans. S.C. I know I am successful when: I cna make a good estimate I can measure accurately and describe the mass and capacity of an object. Language Arts: We are learning what a synonym is.-words that have the same or almost the same meaning. L.I. We are learning wht a synonym is, we are learning how to use synonyms correctly in a sentence S.C I know I am successful when: I can understand what synonyms are and how to use each synonym in a sentence Ex. of sentences with synonyms: I was cold on a snowyn day. I was chilly on the snowy day. I am sick today. I am ill today. Examples of synonyms afraid-scared big-large choose-pick cold chilly dirty-messy final-last finish-end glad-happy go-leave hurry-rush ill-sick laugh-giggle mad-angry sad-unhappy yell-scream We are beginning a new Reading Strategy . Asking Questions We are learning to ask questions before, during and after reading to help understand what I heard being read. I am learning to use a q-chart to ask higher level thinking questions( answers that are not yes or no, or not in the text directly) I know I am successful when: I can ask appropriate questions before, during and after a story. I canuse a q cahrt to help me make my question. (Grade 2) I can anwer the questions using the text, others and my background knowledge Examples of questions: What if... Why did... I wonder: when, why, if , where, how, how A q chart is used to help ask higher order questions. The questions that start with when and will, why and would, and how and might are higher order questions. A q chart will be sent home for use soon. Writing: Public Service Announcements-Media Literacy Grade l: Read each night. Grade 2:Read each night. Science/Social Studies: Social Studies Grade 1: Mapping Grade 2: Mapping-ways of communicating using symbols, map details, differences between a map and a globe, how to recognize different things on maps. |