Wow! Our first Monday of school! The children were able to get to Music class today. Don't forget to send in the order form for the recorders. Ms. Diaz Leroy wants to make sure that she has enough for all the children.
We ran out of time last week and some topics have been carried over to this week. They will get the Geography project instructions tomorrow and the children can begin as soon as they want to.
Our spelling words this week are Vowel Consonant-e Syllable words. The rules are:
1. the final e is silent
2. the silent e at the end of the word makes the vowel before it have a long sound
Tonight for homework the children are to write the words in abc order on the sheet that with the list of words. The children have written the words and rules in their notebooks and are also allowed to write the words for the week in their agenda.
We began our weekly reading comprehension activity. The title of this week's reading is And You Think Your Mom is Strict. I went over the entire activity today and we talked about how to compare and contrast. They are to give real examples as to the chores that they do at home. They are not allowed to write, the pilgrim children take care of farm animals and I don't.... pilgrim children may take care of farms animals, but your child may take care of dogs and cats..... I did tell the children that they can ask for parental assistance. However, I would encourage you to lead them to the ideas through the reading and let them try and discover the comparison on their own. Don't forget to sign the paper as soon as your child has read it to you.
Also tonight is something new that we do once a week. Sometimes we only do the activity in class.. Sometimes it takes the whole week, and sometimes I send it home for homework as I did tonight. They are to make sure that they are using their paper for correct spellings and to make sure they don't leave out the challenge request.
We have completed the Scientific Method outline and watched a couple of Brainpops that really helped them to further understand what the Scientific Method is and how everyone can use that process for many things. I will be sending home and experiment at some point for the children to try at home, following the process that is outlined in their science journal.
We will continue our Florida study. The children are going on a book scavenger hunt this week to locate specific information that not only will help them learn about their state, but give them practice on how to use a book and main idea and details.
In Math, we will be working on Finding Differences, Calculator Riddles, and Money. We hope to complete our first unit by Friday. We will then review for our test on Monday and the test will be either on Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how far we get this week.You can check on this by looking at your child's agenda.
Our class novel, Muggie Maggie, will lead us to some interesting conversations about cursive handwriting. We will begin our instruction of cursive strokes this week.
The children will have their first Wordly Wise test on Friday. I will have them bring home their index cards and workbooks to help them practice matching the definitions and words.
Tomorrow we will begin our Poetry Unit. The goal is to have each child write and publish two pieces of poetry. One piece will be about Peace and the other will be about something special to them. You are going to love these poems!!!!
Please make sure that you sign the paper envelope that is coming home tonight. As time goes on, there will be more papers to come home and more to review. Thank you in advance for your support!
Tomorrow is picture day! Smile pretty!!
No comments:
Post a Comment