We have been studying Polar Bears and Penguins in the classroom for our winter animal unit.  Please have your student investigate and write a short one page report on Polar Bears and Penguins using the report paper sent home.  In the box they will illustrate their picture of the animals.  Here are a few helpful items to help with some interesting facts about the two and a spare copy of the report paper if you need to print an additional one.

Here is the file link below.  The final report pages if you need to print an additional copy are page 6 & 7 of the file attachment below: 
Winter_Research_Freebie


Here are some safe search engines for this project as well: 
Kid Rex 
Kiddle
Kid’s Search

QR Code with interesting videos and facts about Polar Bears and Penguins below: 
Graphic Organizer the kids can use to draft their report below on Penguins: 
Graphic organizer below the kids can use to draft their report on Polar Bears: Polar Bear Final Report Page below if additional copy is needed to print: 
Penguin Final Report Page below if additional copy is needed to print: 


We are working on the -o_e, u_e long vowel CVCe word families.   This week we are woking on nonfiction as our genre. We are working on compare and contrast, and the use of the words is and are within grammar guidelines.  We are also working on using commas in our written dates.

You can review the picture below for the week at a glance.

1- Daily Reading Fluency 
A Reading for All Learners (Baggy Book) leveled book will be sent home with your child DAILY. Please have your child read the book (or one story from the books that contain more than one story) at least two-three times and then sign the included form. You may supplement your child’s reading using books at home, library books, etc. to fulfill the minimum requirement of 20-30 minutes of reading per day. These are meant to be easier than your students level to work on their sight word and fluency. 

2- Reading 20+ minutes per day.  There is no need to use the reading tracker this week.  Make reading every single day a priority.  Ask your students questions about the stories they are reading to help them with comprehension.