Week 22 January 23-27


I hope all the students enjoyed their field trip experience last Tuesday! I know I did!
Thanks again parents for all your help in making theses events fun and safe for our children.
Please make sure your child returns their reading book bag on Monday. Chapter book students should continue reading at least 15 minutes each night, and return their books when they have finished to get a new one.


Looking ahead, we will be reading A Bargain for Frances by Russell Hoban starting in February, so if you have not purchased it, please do so soon.


This week in 1B:


Literature:
We will continue our study of fairy tales with the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the Frog Prince.  Students will compare and contrast these stories with the ones they have previously read.
Writing:
We will review and retell passages from the Velveteen Rabbit

Grammar:

Students will continue to review basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.


Spelling:
Monday: spell, poor, fin ish, hurt, may be, a cross, to night, tenth, sir, these, those Tuesday: club, see, seen, felt, full, fail, set, set ting, stamp light
Wednesday: come, com ing, night, pass, shut, ease, easy, bone, cloud
Thursday: Write each word once with markings
Friday: spelling test


Poem:
I know All the sounds that the Animals Make by Prelutsky - - Due Feb.3

 

History:

This week we will review the religion of Islam and take an assessment on Wednesday.  Thursday we will begin our study of Mexico.  Students will locate the country on a map and label the Rio Grande River.

Science:

This week we will continue our study of body systems and learn about the Digestive System.  Students will learn the specific names of a few parts of the system, and complete a foldable activity describing what they have learned.

Math:

This week we will finish our unit on graphing and collecting data. We will also focus heavily on reviewing and mastering our math facts in order to move in to counting and adding numbers beyond 20. Please continue to help your scholars grow their math skills by practicing addition and subtraction each week at home.

Virtue of the Month:

Humility

"Self conceit may lead to self destruction"

~Aesop (c620-560BC)