Wow! Already February! That is hard to believe! I hope you all had lots of fun in the beautiful snow! We took Eli out for his first real experience with snow.....he wasn't impressed! :) I think he wondered where his dirt, leaves, and sticks were, as well as the warmth!!
Here's our plans for this week:
Reading - Biographies and biography poster Skill - Cause and Effect We will add 6 new vocabulary words to our word wall as well. I'm so proud of what great readers your children are! We spend 2-20 minute sessions daily reading...1 with a book I choose focusing on a genre and doing reading response activities with it and 1 with a book they choose. The best way to become better readers is to simply READ. I highly recommend encouraging reading at home as well! I'm sure many of you do!
Math - We will finish up long division this week. We will also, as always, review previously learned concepts. I will throw in some geometry this week too!
Social Studies - We will begin learning about the Midwest region of our great country! We will start on Monday learning about the states that make the midwest up as well as important land features and products found there. On Tuesday, the children will begin an independent study of the midwest. They will read a variety of nonfiction books, articles, and passages about topics and people like skyscrapers, railroads, Henry Ford, Sitting Bull, and Laura Ingalls Wilder! They will view videos on Lewis and Clark and the Wright Brothers. This unit of study will last about 2 and half weeks with our locations and capitals tests falling at the end of that 2 and half weeks. I will send home a study guide this week sometime.
English - Pen pal letters and a review of previously learned concepts The pen pal letters will be to a 4th grade class at Adams Elementary. We will get to know each other over the next several months through letters and then in May, we will meet them for real at Leonardo's! Exciting!
Spelling - List 18 on spellingcity.com - soft and hard "c" and "g" words. List 18.5 is the enriched list.
Remember that Friday will be our Chinese New Year celebration. Don't forget to send the $2 in. It should be a fun day with our kindergarten buddies!
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I've found schools all around the world.
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