Reading:
In reading, we continue to study the characters in our
books. We are looking at the actions of
the characters and determining character traits and feelings. We also are
finding sometimes the character act out in surprising ways. We can mark our books with post-it notes when
our characters act out of character. You
will soon be sent an email from your child with an i-pad project we did on
character traits.
**READING MINTUES ARE
DUE EVERY MONDAY.
Math:
We will spend the next two weeks reviewing adding two-digit
numbers and being able to verbally explain what we are doing in our written
work. We also will continue to count and
add money.
**Math homework is due each Friday.
Anika and Norrah practicing two-digit addition.
Science:
We will be wrapping up our Science unit on “Earth’s Land and
Bodies of Water”. We can identify the
major landforms and bodies of water. We
learned how precious water is to us, and how we are blessed to have clean,
fresh running water. On Friday we learned how water can get polluted by many
things like litter, pesticides, gasoline, oil, fertilizer, and house hold cleaning
supplies. We made a model of our
community then put these pollutants in the water. We learned that it’s important to conserve
and protect the water supply.
On Tuesday, Dec. 9 we will be going to the Water Treatment
Plant for our second field trip. Please
email me if you would like to go with us.
We will be leaving school at 9:15 a.m on the bus. We should be back around 10:45 a.m.
We also had the school nurse visit our classroom and show us
how to wash our hands correctly. She had
us do an experiment. We rubbed special
lotion on our hands. This lotion was to
simulate germs. After we had this lotion
rubbed into our hands, the nurse had us thoroughly wash our hands. We discovered that we didn’t do such a great
job of removing this lotion/germs. After washing, we put our hands under a
light to see how well we got the ‘germs’ or lotion off our hands. We learned we need to spend more time washing
than we usually do!
Social Studies:
We are learning about local communities. This week we will compare and contrast rural,
suburban, and big cities. How familiar
is your child with these terms?
Writing:
In our Poetry Unit we have been learning how to make our
poems ‘sound like music to the ear’. We
have been busy putting line breaks in our poems, using repetition of words and
lines. We are looking forward to sharing
some of our final poems soon.
Bible:
Last week we learned about Prayer. We learned the meaning of different parts of
the Lord’s Prayer. We are beginning to memorize this prayer. I will be sending your child’s final project
of the Lord’s Prayer home soon. Your child spent time drawing pictures and
recording this prayer on their ipad in an app called My Story.
Things to remember:
-Library is on Tuesday
-Field Trip to the Water Treatment Plant on Tuesday morning
from 9:15-10:45. If you would like to join us please send me an email by Monday
night.
-Family Christmas Tree Project is due this Monday
- Kids' Food Basket-we will be making breakfast bundles for children over the holiday break. See previous blog post for more information.
