Dear Families,
Please ask your child…
To name some non-fiction text features and explain how they help us understand non-fiction texts (bold words, glossary, index, table of contents, captions, and illustrations)
To tell you what addition is (putting two or more numbers or groups together)
To show you how to count to 100 by 5s
To tell you what we do when we take notes (listen to or read the text, then write the most important information)
To explain the differences between tropical and temperate rainforests (tropical – found near the equator, hot, humid, very wet, full of plants and animals; temperate – has seasons, cooler, misty, full of giant trees and moss, has animals like deer and bears)
To share two or three things they learned about a jaguar (its body, habitat, food, life cycle, or a fun fact)
To share two or three things they learned about a sloth (its body, habitat, food, life cycle, or a fun fact)
To share one thing they learned in one of their special classes
To share their rose, bud, or thorn for the week