Volunteer Breakfast This Friday

Ms. Thomas shows students how to use different strategies to solve difficult words when reading.

Volunteer Breakfast This Friday
A2STEAM is hosting a breakfast this Friday morning for any and all volunteers.  If you have helped out in class, on a field trip, or with Motor Moms and Dads you are invited!  More information can be found here.

Field Trip this Thursday
We have our field trip this Thursday to study pushes and pulls at Maple Wood Lanes.  More information here.  Make sure kids are wearing clothes they can bowl and eat pizza in.

Mr. Luxon Out This Friday
This Friday I will be out of the classroom most of the day meeting with students who will start kindergarten next fall.  Fortunately, Ms. Thomas will still be here teaching in Room K-3!

Teacher Appreciation Week
We had quite a week last week.  The teachers at A2STEAM feel very appreciated.  Thank you!

Curriculum Overview
Science -  We are beginning a study of weather.  We will be observing the weather, watching the temperature and learning about the different types of clouds.  We are trying to find patterns in the weather we've seen this year.  Ask your students about cumulus clouds (large puffy white clouds) and stratus clouds (like a gray blanket).

Reading -  Last week we compared and contrasted different fairy tales.  Ask your students about The  Three Little Javelinas.  This week we will be reading non-fiction books about weather.

Writing - Students will write their own simple version of the Three Little Pigs.

Math - Students are working at understanding graphs and pictographs.

Word Study - We are finishing up our study of simple contractions. (I'm / I am,  we'll / we will,  that's / that i) 

We've been teaching students these strategies to use when they are trying to figure out unknown words in their reading.  In the book at the bottom of the picture many students were initially thrown off by the word 'baby'.