- Reading minutes are due on Monday.
- Wacky Wednesdays are back! January 17 is Hat day, January 24 is Team Spirit Day, January 31 is Pajama Day, and February 7 is Neon Day.
- January 19 (Friday)- 2nd quarter ends
- January 26 (Friday)- Report cards go home
- January 16-18- I will be giving the MAP test to your child in the mornings. Please make sure your child is on time and ready to go.
- A huge THANK YOU to all of you who help so faithfully by being library volunteers, lunch helpers, or simply supplying items like Kleenex or Clorox wipes for the classroom. I appreciate you all so much.
Bible: This group has such a love for the word and reading scripture from their Bibles! We have been reading about Joseph and how his brothers sold him into slavery. We have looked at the dreams of Joseph, Pharaoh, and of the cupbearer and baker. The students have discussed how God is always with Joseph and they see His faithfulness. Most days the kids don't want to quit our Bible lesson and we end up reading a bit more than planned. I love their hearts.
We are also working at memorizing Psalm 1.
Literacy: We have begun nonfiction in reading. This week we looked at the different text features in nonfiction text, identified them in books are are currently reading, and learned how to paraphrase information. These are really big concepts and we will be practicing this for a bit as we prepare to write our own nonfiction book.
In Writing we published our personal essays by typing them. You should be receiving an email from your child with the finished product. I was impressed at how well the kids did with stating their opinion and then providing evidence to support their thoughts.
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| Identifying text features in nonfiction books |
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| Paraphrasing sections of a nonfiction article |
Math: Tests from our previous unit came home today. We have begun our new unit dealing with place value, rounding to the nearest hundred and tens place, and multi digit addition and subtraction. This week we worked with a lot of manipulatives to help us understand the concepts of place value up the the thousands place as well as how to round numbers.
Science: We have begun a new unit called Changes in Motion. This week we defined motion and talked about motion words, direction words, and speed words by doing several different experiments. We also did an experiment dealing with physical motion verses forced motion. This is a fun unit with a lot of hands on activities and the kids are loving it!
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| Exploring motion with describing words of speed and distance. |
MUSIC NOTE FROM MRS. BOER - This week your child came home with a BLUE FOLDER with a homework page in it. The expectation is that the BLUE FOLDER go back and forth between school and home along with your child's recorder. Eventually it will be holding recorder music for your child to practice. When your child brings it back on music class days, they will receive a sticker to put on it as a way to keep track of how often they remember to bring their folder and recorder to school. The homework page should be completed by the next class session.
Have a great weekend!
Lynae
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