This week we have finished our study of famous African Americans such as Arthur Ashe , Maggie Walker, and Martin Luther King. We have been counting by 10’s to 100 and enjoying counting our collections with a buddy that were sent in. We have learned all diagraphs in reading: sh, ch, th, wh. Ask your child to tell you the story of the “H Brothers” and the sounds these diagraphs make. We continue to work on spelling CVC words.
We had so much fun on Monday, Steam Day. It was centered around 5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. We built beds to hold 5 monkeys, dropped paper bananas in a cup, catapulted monkeys across the crocodiles, and did directed monkey drawings!
More pictures from 100 day and also we love Cosmic Yoga!
Next week’s Agenda:
Language Arts: Questioning (Kevin Henkes books)
Ask and answer questions about what is read.
Identify text features specific to topic, such as titles, headings, and pictures.
Poem: It’s Raining, It’s Pouring
Words: got, into
Phonics: Review digraphs-sh, ch, th, wh
Essential Questions:
–Who were the important characters in the story? Where/When was the setting? What was the problem? How did they solve it?
Math: Count backwards from 10
The student will count backward orally by ones when given any number between 1 and 10.
Science: Phases of Water-solid, liquid, gas
The student will investigate and understand that water flows and has properties that can be observed and tested.
Essential Questions
What are the three phases of water?
How can water change?
What can we do to water to make it change to another phase?
What changes did you observe when the ice cube was sitting on the desk? What caused the changes?
What can you do to a glass of ice cubes to make the ice cubes melt faster? Slower?
Where do you think water in an open cup will go if the cup is left out in the sun?
Upcoming Events:
February 26- PTO Spirit Night at McDonald’s
February 28- Q3 Interims
March 2- Read Across America Day…more details coming soon!
March 3- Student Holiday/Staff Clerical Day
March 6- Spring Picture Day!
March 9- Spring Book Fair!
March 13– Field Trip
Have an awesome weekend!
Mrs. Haskins