 FireCracker's News
Language Arts 
We read lots of stories and worked hard on retelling them and identifying the setting, main characters, main idea, and details. We learned how to identify pronouns, plural nouns, and irregular verbs, too. Also, we have been reading a lot of books and we have been continuing to use our strategies to figure out words we don’t know. We also have been taking lots of Reading Counts tests! We love going to the store to redeem our points! I am so proud! Keep up the good work!
Keep reading every night! Please read with your child every night and ask your child to retell the story afterwards!
 Math
In math we have been studying measurement. We learned about inches, centimeters, cups, pints, quarts, liters, pounds, and kilograms. We also learned how some items are longer, shorter, lighter or heavier than other items. We know that measurement is important because we will use it all the time when we grow up. We will need to know how to measure things, especially when we cook and when we fix things around the house. We have also learned about geometry. We know that a vertex is a corner and some figures are 2-demensional and 3-demensional. Some figures have faces and some do not. Some have curves and some don’t. And some have sides and some do not. Ask your child all about it! :)
Science/Social Studies
In science we are continuing to water and care for our plants here in the classroom. They are growing so tall! We will continue learning about animals, plants and their habitats. We know that each habitat in which they live has everything the animals need for them to survive. We are also learning about classifying animals. This week we will be studying about mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, and amphibians. Ask your child to tell you what they’ve learned.
Social Studies
In social studies we talked about Earth Day. We read about ways to protect and keep our Earth clean. We read a story about pollution and learned how we can recycle at home to reduce waste in our landfills.
Congratulations to these math magicians!!!
48 addition problems in 2 minutes:
Jacob
Siobhan
Marcus
36 addition problems in 2 minutes:
Kayla, Anthony
Janmichael, Alexander
Jeremy, Logan
Zion, Hunter
Items Needed for our classroom:
Deployed Parent Support Group
Mrs. M, our guidance counselor, has a support group for students with a deployed parent. If your child has a deployed parent, please notify me as soon as possible. Just send in a note or call the school to notify Mrs. M so your child can take part in this special group.
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