Good Morning! I hope everyone is ready for the fun four day week ahead, here is what we can expect:
Literature:
In Literature, we will be finishing up Frog and Toad Are Friends. We
will reread chapter 4, “A Swim,” and read and discuss chapter 5, “The Letter”.
On Thursday, we will take our first comprehension check over this book. Please
bring in Frog and Toad Together by the end of the week to begin reading
when we get back from the 3-day weekend!
Spalding:
There are only 20 words this week due to the shortened week. We will test on
Thursday!
Monday: far,
gave, alike, add, brave, corn, dance, dinner, doll, egg
Tuesday:
fruit, looks, pick, rich, zoo, zip, zero, seven, forget, happy
Phonograms
to practice: c, d, p, v, z, ar, ear, er, or, ui
Writing: Our
copy work and narration exercises this week come from The Saturdays.
Grammar: We
will be working with adverbs this week! We will review the adverb jingle and
discuss its function in sentences. We will also learn how to identify adverbs
in sentences, using the question and answer flow.
Idiom:
“Never leave till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Poem: Thanksgiving
Day – We will recite one stanza (of their choosing) the following week!
Math: In
math this week we will review how to add and subtract numbers within 20 using
our "count back", "count on", and "making 10"
strategies. On Wednesday we will have our second round of math centers and we
will get up close and personal and use our hands to grow our math skills. At
the end of the week we will have our Unit 6 Chapter 2 test and introduce
geometrical shapes!
History: Students
will learn about how the farmers of the Nile River valley transported their
crops to communities along the Nile River. They will learn how reed boats
were made and watch an educational video on the life of the Nile River then,
and now. We will also learn how the papyrus tree was used to make paper.
Science: This
week in science we will be discovering more about the different states of
matter. We will find solids, liquids, and gas in the classroom and discuss the
differences between them. We will also make observations about balloons that
are filled with air, water, and ice. The class will practice the steps of the
scientific method by conducting an experiment using a bottle, baking soda,
vinegar, and a balloon. We can’t wait to see what happens when we put those
together!
Pictures from our buddy reading with 4th grade during the read-a-thon:
