We had a very busy day today, with our assembly and a birthday to celebrate! A few quick things for next week: Please try not to miss school Wednesday or Thursday morning. On Wednesday we will have our vision and hearing screenings in the nurse's office. Thursday is school picture day! A form went home yesterday to pre-order pictures. Our time is at 8:15, so please come to school with shirts tucked in and hair nicely combed! We also have Math/Phonics Night from 6-7:30 pm on Wednesday. This will be a great opportunity to see the curriculum in action, as you take on the role of student. :)
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| Our first assembly - Grandparent's Day |
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| Responsibility Virtue Award Winners: Way to go, Lily! |
Here's what we have coming up!
Literature: We are continuing Cinderella stories from around the world! This week we will read about Pear Blossom and Yeh-Shen (the Korean and Chinese versions of our classic tale). On Friday we will reflect on our favorite version of the story and decorate a shoe for Cinderella.
Homework: Please bring in Owl at Home this week if you have not done so yet. We will begin reading it next week!
Spalding: We have 30 words as normal this week and will test on Friday! Homework will be the same formatting as last week since it worked well; however, we will make the word break down a little clearer on the master page for which words need to be practiced each night.
Monday: live, live, hill, late, big, bag, beg, bog, bug (10 words)
Tuesday: mother, three, land, cold, hot, hat, child, ice, play, sea, see (11 words)
Wednesday: bird, cool, earth, feed, fur, green, oil, paint, pool (9 words)
Phonograms to practice: h, m, n, o, u, ai, ea, ee, oi, ur
Writing: In writing, we have copy work and narration exercises from Mary Poppins!
Grammar: In grammar, we will begin our Question and Answer flow. Students will learn how to use this flow to name the parts of a sentence, with an emphasis on nouns and verbs this week. For example, “Dogs played.” Who played? The dogs (dogs = subject noun) What did the dogs do? They played (played = verb)
Poem: “The Pasture” by Robert Frost – Please practice stanza 2. We will recite next week!
Idiom/Proverb: If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again. (This ties in nicely with our virtue of perseverance!)
Math: We will start off our math week by reviewing everything we have learned about addition so far with some interactive games and new activities. I'm looking forward to seeing how much everyone has learned about addition facts within 10, number bonds, counting, and all other important addition skills. On Wednesday, we will take a cumulative addition test which will allow us to demonstrate what we know and also move on to a very new and exciting unit - subtraction! Many of us have already been so excited about subtraction and have demonstrated our "take away" knowledge, so I can't wait to keep learning together.
History: This week in History we will be learning about ancient history and civilizations from long ago. Students will become aware of where they fit on the historical time line and learn about how people from the past learned to exist with things that surrounded them. They will learn about the basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter, and also realize how we still have those basic needs today.
Science: This week we will continue to learn about habitats and the plants and animals that live in them. The class will learn about two different water habitats: ponds and oceans. The students will study the different ocean zones and learn about how the environment changes in deep water. We will wrap up our habitat unit by completing the world habitat mobile and discussing similarities and differences between all habitats covered.
Have a FANTASTIC weekend!
