Week 24!

Announcements:

-The Kindergarten and 1^st grades won the “Royalty for a Day” tax credit competition!  Ms. Weddle will be holding her royal reign this Tuesday, February 7th, and will share a special “Activity Extravaganza” with her royal Kindergarten and 1^st grade subjects.  Many thanks to all who gave their tax credit to Archway Arete and who encouraged their friends and family to give as well!

-To keep up with our sniffling students, we would deeply appreciate any donations of tissues to the classroom! 

-We will begin reading A Bargain For Frances on Monday. If you have not already sent in this book for your child, please do so asap. 

Here is what to expect this week:

Math:
This week we will focus on place value and learn how to interpret a two digit number in terms of tens and ones. We will continue to work with ideas of "less than" and "greater than", specifically how to determine what "1 less" and "1 more" of a number is well as "10 less" and "10 more". Each day we will be practicing our addition strategies in class to reach high levels of mastery.

Science:
This week we will conclude our studies of the body systems with the nervous system. Students will learn that the nervous system enables us to use our five senses and controls many of the things our bodies do automatically. We will complete an activity using the five senses. We will also review all five body systems that we have learned about.

History:

We will continue our study of Mexico and identify key aspects of the culture.  Students will learn some Spanish words for colors and numbers, and then take a brief assessment on Friday.

Idiom:  Let the cat out of the bag.

Poem: The Swing  by Robert Lewis Stevenson

Spelling:

Monday: began, begin, begun, able, gone, go, done, do, suit, track

Tuesday: Watch, dash, fell, fight, buy, by, stopping, stop, walk, talk, chalk

Wednesday: grant, soap, news, new, small, smaller, smallest, war, summer

Literature:

We will begin reading and discussing A Bargain For Frances. Students will learn about actual badgers, and discuss the difference between real and fictional animals in literature.

Writing:

Students will be able to understand how to abbreviate months of the year.  They will listen to a passage from the story The Happy Hollisters and retell important information and details from the story.

Grammar:

Students will unscramble and classify sentences in class.