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"Mini-Post" About Our Week
Sorry folks - it's been a busy week in the Day house, so my post is a bit delayed. We've been doing some fun activities in class; a couple of them are pictured below.
We've wrapped up our force and motion unit, and will be learning about Martin Luther King Jr., and then starting our Natural Resources unit (S.O.L 1.8).
In Math, we will assess time (Math S.O.L. 1.8) Thursday, then start word problems (S.O.L. 1.6). We will continue to review time, though, so please continue to reinforce telling time on an analog clock at home - i.e. ask your child frequently for the time. We have covered time to the hour and half-hour.
Remember that next week is wacky - we are off on Monday (MLK), then 2:20 dismissal Thursday (1/24) and 1:00 dismissal on Friday (1/25). And then there are teacher work days the following Monday and Tuesday (1/28-29)!
We've wrapped up our force and motion unit, and will be learning about Martin Luther King Jr., and then starting our Natural Resources unit (S.O.L 1.8).
In Math, we will assess time (Math S.O.L. 1.8) Thursday, then start word problems (S.O.L. 1.6). We will continue to review time, though, so please continue to reinforce telling time on an analog clock at home - i.e. ask your child frequently for the time. We have covered time to the hour and half-hour.
Remember that next week is wacky - we are off on Monday (MLK), then 2:20 dismissal Thursday (1/24) and 1:00 dismissal on Friday (1/25). And then there are teacher work days the following Monday and Tuesday (1/28-29)!
Students listened to a story (no pictures), then had to complete a written response that described the character in the story. They all did a fantastic job with this! We have some super listeners and writers!
This is one group getting ready to perform "surgery" on these words
to form contractions with Mrs. Muhlbauer. More pictures coming soon!
Mrs. Ball was in today to do logic puzzles with the class. We were doing some serious thinking!!
We even had some great practice with team work!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Week in Review
Below are a few of the activities that kept the little Super Learners working hard!
We started the week by reading this book, then creating our own snow people with ideas like the author, Lois Ehlert, used in her book.
Naturally, a football snowman! =)
Hard at work!
It's serious business trying to get the glue out sometimes!
Very concentrated efffort...
We used clocks to tell time to the hour and half hour.
They loved moving the hands on the clock - I think we have it down, now!
Then we drew the hands on the clock...
In Science, we're learning about force and motion (SOL 1.2), so we took off our shoes to slide on the floor in our socks - and boy, was that FUN! Then we put our shoes back on and tried to slide again - it was harder because of the FRICTION from our shoes!
Really getting into it!
Shoes on was not as much fun - too much friction!
Towards the end of the week, we made snowflakes for a decoration for our hallway bulletin board.
Very pretty! You can't tell in the picture, but they are nice and sparkly!
Ms. Letchworth, a former SHS Teacher Cadet, came to visit and help in our class!
We started creating a multiple-meaning word books. Students had to draw a picture and write a sentence for each word, using context clues to show what their word means.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Week of 1/7
Language Arts:
This week's story: Fox and Bear Look at the Moon
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Context Clues
Phonics: Final blends (-nt, -nd, -lp, -lk, -st, -mp)
Writing: adding detail sentences, complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, 4-square organization of writing (these skills are ongoing)
Math:
We will be starting our time unit this week! (S.O.L. 1.8) Students will learn to tell time to the hour and half-hour, using analog and digital clocks. I'm sure they will be excited to tell you the time... A LOT! =) Please encourage the use of analog clocks, since that's a difficult concept for many children. The more practice, the better it will 'stick'.
Science
The children will be learning about different kinds of motion (S.O.L. 1.2) - straight, circular, and back and forth. They'll also be exploring how pushes and pulls may change the movement of an object. This is a fun unit - I'm looking forward to it!!
Important reminders/notes:
*1/21 - No school - Martin Luther King Jr.
*1/25- Donuts with Dad (WatchDOGS event) 8-9 AM in Cafeteria and Early Dismissal at 1:00 PM; lunch 11:20 - 11:50
*1/28-29 - No school - Teacher Workday
*2/5- Report Cards go home
This week's story: Fox and Bear Look at the Moon
Strategy: Summarizing
Skill: Context Clues
Phonics: Final blends (-nt, -nd, -lp, -lk, -st, -mp)
Writing: adding detail sentences, complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, 4-square organization of writing (these skills are ongoing)
Math:
We will be starting our time unit this week! (S.O.L. 1.8) Students will learn to tell time to the hour and half-hour, using analog and digital clocks. I'm sure they will be excited to tell you the time... A LOT! =) Please encourage the use of analog clocks, since that's a difficult concept for many children. The more practice, the better it will 'stick'.
Science
The children will be learning about different kinds of motion (S.O.L. 1.2) - straight, circular, and back and forth. They'll also be exploring how pushes and pulls may change the movement of an object. This is a fun unit - I'm looking forward to it!!
Important reminders/notes:
*1/21 - No school - Martin Luther King Jr.
*1/25- Donuts with Dad (WatchDOGS event) 8-9 AM in Cafeteria and Early Dismissal at 1:00 PM; lunch 11:20 - 11:50
*1/28-29 - No school - Teacher Workday
*2/5- Report Cards go home
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Week of 12/31
Happy New Year! It was great to be back with the children today after a wonderful break. Hopefully everyone enjoyed the time with family and friends. The kids did a great job today transitioning back into "school mode". Lots of tired kiddos, though! =)
Many thanks to Mrs. Fannon for organizing a GREAT holiday party, and to all the parents who helped with sending items in and assisting at the party with the different activities. The kids really loved everything!
Here is a look at our short week ahead:
Language Arts:
We'll be reading many winter/snowman-themed books to review strategies and skills that we've learned. Remember that on Friday, students will be creating a "snow person", so if your child would like to bring in special items for the eyes, nose, mouth, buttons, etc, they can certainly do that. Items might include cereal, dried pasta, buttons, small nature things, etc.
Many thanks to Mrs. Fannon for organizing a GREAT holiday party, and to all the parents who helped with sending items in and assisting at the party with the different activities. The kids really loved everything!
Here is a look at our short week ahead:
Language Arts:
We'll be reading many winter/snowman-themed books to review strategies and skills that we've learned. Remember that on Friday, students will be creating a "snow person", so if your child would like to bring in special items for the eyes, nose, mouth, buttons, etc, they can certainly do that. Items might include cereal, dried pasta, buttons, small nature things, etc.
Math:
Students will be reviewing numbers to 50 - we'll be comparing and ordering numbers. (SOL 1.1a-b)
Science:
We are learning about the seasonal changes that winter brings (temperature, light, precipitation), as well as changes that people and animals make. (SOL 1.7)Monday, December 10, 2012
Week of 12/10
Hopefully everyone is enjoying this holiday season, despite the chaos and sickness. So many of our students are out sick. Our class has been pretty lucky (knock on wood), but CAES has gotten hit pretty hard with the flu, so keep encouraging thorough hand-washing!
We have some exciting things coming up at school. Next Tuesday, 12/18 is Polar Express Day (this is changed from the original 12/19 date). On that day, students can come to school in their pajamas and bring a stuffed animal and towel/blanket. We will be doing various Polar Express activities, seeing the annual train demonstration in the lobby (after lunch), and watching the Polar Express movie in the afternoon.
Mrs. Fannon has been busy planning our holiday party, which is Wednesday, 12/19 at 10:00 a.m. We would love to see you there! She is planning crafts and a breakfast for the kids. Many thanks to all that have volunteered to help.
Here is a look at what we'll be working on this week:
This week's story: Communities (goes well with our economics unit!)
Strategy: Making connections
Skill: Classifying (sorting things into groups)
Phonics: two sounds of c and g (i.e. city/cat and gum/gym
Writing: adding detail sentences, complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, 4-square organization of writing (these skills are ongoing)
Math:
We are continuing to work on fractions (SOL 1.3). Students now understand that fractions represent parts of a whole or parts of a group. Fractions are all around us - look for them at home when you have equal parts of something - pizza, candy, anything that can be broken up into equal parts. We've been working with halves, thirds, and fourths, so anytime you can incorporate fractions, it's a great way to show your child that math is everywhere! I love it when I hear them at lunch say, "I ate 2/4 of my orange!". At school today, we used unifix cubes, wikki sticks, and popsicle sticks to show halves of a group:
Social Studies:
As you've seen in the homework folder, we've been working on our economics unit (SOLs 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9). Students are learning the differences between wants and needs (GREAT for holiday time!), goods and services, and producers and consumers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out our producers and consumers sheet - the kids loved that YOU had homework! =) Students are learning all about making good economic choices (i.e. do I really need it?) and later this week, we will focus on the importance of saving money and how that impacts our economic choices. The kids loved playing "Guess my word" with our vocabulary words today. You should try this at home... ask your child how to play!
Important reminders/notes:
We have some exciting things coming up at school. Next Tuesday, 12/18 is Polar Express Day (this is changed from the original 12/19 date). On that day, students can come to school in their pajamas and bring a stuffed animal and towel/blanket. We will be doing various Polar Express activities, seeing the annual train demonstration in the lobby (after lunch), and watching the Polar Express movie in the afternoon.
Mrs. Fannon has been busy planning our holiday party, which is Wednesday, 12/19 at 10:00 a.m. We would love to see you there! She is planning crafts and a breakfast for the kids. Many thanks to all that have volunteered to help.
Here is a look at what we'll be working on this week:
This week's story: Communities (goes well with our economics unit!)
Strategy: Making connections
Skill: Classifying (sorting things into groups)
Phonics: two sounds of c and g (i.e. city/cat and gum/gym
Writing: adding detail sentences, complete sentences, capitalization, punctuation, 4-square organization of writing (these skills are ongoing)
Math:
We are continuing to work on fractions (SOL 1.3). Students now understand that fractions represent parts of a whole or parts of a group. Fractions are all around us - look for them at home when you have equal parts of something - pizza, candy, anything that can be broken up into equal parts. We've been working with halves, thirds, and fourths, so anytime you can incorporate fractions, it's a great way to show your child that math is everywhere! I love it when I hear them at lunch say, "I ate 2/4 of my orange!". At school today, we used unifix cubes, wikki sticks, and popsicle sticks to show halves of a group:
Here students had to circle 1/2 of the blocks. We talked about how the 2 represents how many equal parts make up the whole (so we need to make 2 equal groups), and the 1 represents the part that we need to circle.
Once we got the hang of making equal parts (using the popsicle stick to separate the parts), we practiced on our sheets. We still used the blocks to manipulate the groups and blocks, but then used a crayon on the paper to mark where we divided the parts that made up the whole. They did a great job with this!! Tomorrow they will be working on fourths of a group.
As you've seen in the homework folder, we've been working on our economics unit (SOLs 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9). Students are learning the differences between wants and needs (GREAT for holiday time!), goods and services, and producers and consumers. Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out our producers and consumers sheet - the kids loved that YOU had homework! =) Students are learning all about making good economic choices (i.e. do I really need it?) and later this week, we will focus on the importance of saving money and how that impacts our economic choices. The kids loved playing "Guess my word" with our vocabulary words today. You should try this at home... ask your child how to play!
Important reminders/notes:
- Holiday Shop ends on Friday. If you send money in the blue envelope that was sent home last week, students can go to purchase items when they finish their work or when they are done eating lunch.
- Have a great week!
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