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Dear Parents
Welcome to our classroom for what promises to be an exciting and productive year for all of us.
How you can help. . . .
1.Read The Science Ladies blog at whesmangos.blogspot.com/ for up to date information about our class, including pictures, lessons, and upcoming events in the classroom and school-wide.
2.Listen to your child read every day for a minimum of 30 minutes.
3.Log your child’s nightly reading on their reading log.
4.Check your child’s homework assignments every night.
5.Write your child’s name on their supplies and school clothes.
A Special Note From Ms. Mangos and Ms, Recendez
Our classroom is science- and technology-based where each student has their own Ipad. We also conduct an experiment a week on Science Thursday. I believe that all of my students are talented and fabulous. I use my unique teaching skills and experiences to bring out the love of learning and creativity in each of my students. I can’t wait for our learning journey to begin!
What to Expect in First
Grade
•Students will continue to learn to read and
retell stories. They will also describe characters, settings, and major events
in a story using key details.
•Students will write opinion, narrative,
informative, and explanatory texts.
•Students will use their IPads
to learn to type and create texts using apps that integrate pictures, writing
and graphics.
•Students will learn the scientific method
through the exploration of solids and liquids, plants and animals, and air and
weather.
•Students will conduct a weekly experiment in
science, and create and display a science fair project.
•In math, students will gain a deeper
understanding of number sense, place value, geometry, and many other math
concepts.
Students will do daily enrichment activities
in the Math curriculum and create a Math Journal.
What to Expect in Second
Grade
•In Language Arts, students will read fables
and folktales, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and expository writing to
understand and respond to key details in a text.
•Students will write narratives and expository
texts in which they introduce a topic and use facts to develop ideas that lead
to a concluding statement.
•Students will use their IPads
to type and write texts with apps that integrate graphics and writing.
•Students will learn the scientific method
through the exploration of balance and motion, insects, pebbles, sand, and
silt, and plants and animals.
•Students will conduct a weekly experiment in
science, and create and display a science fair project.
•In Math, students will learn multiplication,
place value, estimating, geometry, money, and many more math concepts.
•Students will do daily enrichment activities
in the Math curriculum and create a Math Journal.
