March

Here is what we have to look forward to in March:

**Literacy**

In Reader’s Workshop we finish our Lucy Calkins reading unit, “Bigger Books Mean Amping up Reading Power”. We will also begin another Lucy Calkins unit of study, “Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover: Nonfiction Book Clubs.” In Bend I, students will learn that nonfiction readers grow knowledge by paying attention to details, asking questions, and putting together the different parts of the text in their minds.  During Bend II, students will begin to sound like experts by learning the “lingo.” They’ll use text features including keywords to help them learn more and practice using the whole page to figure out what new keywords mean. Finally, in Bend III, students will grow knowledge across books of a similar topic. They’ll be able to identify differences between the books and practice retelling what they’ve learned about a topic in their own words.

In Writer’s Workshop we will finish our Lucy Calkins reading unit, “Poetry”. The class is learning about the sounds and feelings of poetry by reading poems aloud in groups, with partners, and alone. Students are also exploring objects and memories, recognizing the poetry in their own lives! Students are practicing word choice by choosing precise words, using repetition, and conveying feelings to match the moods of their different poems. Finally, students are playing with point of view, realizing that they can pretend to speak to something or as something or create imaginary back-and-forth conversations in the shape of poems.

**Math**

Each week we will continue to have our VIP lead us through our calendar routine. We will wrap up “3-digit Addition and Subtraction” in our Go Math workbooks and begin chapter 7 titled, “Time and Money”. Throughout the chapter the students will be able to find the values of different combinations of coins as well as combinations greater than one dollar. As the students are introduced to time, they will be able to identify different ways to read time on a clock. They will also understand the meaning of hour, half hour, A.M., P.M., and be able to tell and write time to the nearest 5 minutes. We will also continue to challenge ourselves by completing our Math-ercise activities on Quizizz.

**Science/Social Studies**

 Spring

Saint Patrick’s Day

Economics (Continued)

States of Matter