Friday, April 21, 2017

Week 34!

Announcements:

A-Z Countdown: Can you BELIEVE that we are inside the last 26 days of school?!? I created a fun countdown for each letter of the alphabet so we can really soak in these last days as a classroom family. Today for A we did a small art project, ask your student about it tonight! Next week we have letters B-F and we need your help! Please keep these a secret from your child, as I'd like each day to be a joyful surprise. Some will be given away because students need to bring something from home, but some will be an exciting adventure!

Monday - Book Day! Students will need to bring a book from home and take turns reading it aloud to their friends
Tuesday - Compliment Day - I have a fun compliment activity planned!
Wednesday - Donut day - We will enjoy a donut hole at the end of the day. Please sign up here to donate donuts to the class.
Thursday - Exercise Day - We will spend a some class time doing fun exercise videos on Go Noodle!
Friday - Flashlight Friday - Students will need to bring in a flashlight and their favorite book, we will spend some time in the dark, reading by flashlight!

Pictures of our week!


A is for ART - today we learned how to draw racecars and baby chicks!

Someone special visited us this week! THE DESK FAIRY!

We learned how we can REDUCE REUSE and RECYCLE for Earth Day!


Here is a look at our learning for next week:

Language arts: In language arts next week, students will be introduced to a new type of paragraph! PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPHS! They will be introduced through a model letter that someone wrote to Mrs. Smith, trying to convince us to get a class pet! Students will then start their brainstorming and prewriting on a topic they'd like to persuade their parents or teachers on. We will continue memorizing and reciting the poem Harriet Tubman, ask your scholar what the first two stanzas sound like! In Literature we will read the sixth and seventh chapter of Little House in the Big Woods. After Wednesday ask your literature guru what Laura did that allowed her to get away quickly from the bear!

Math: Next week in math we will introduce students to geometry! We will talk about vertices, angles, and sides! At the end of the week we will make 3-D shapes out of paper!

History: The students will learn about Abraham Lincoln's background and feelings about slavery. They should be able to identify the early battles of the Civil War and the division of the North and South over slavery. They should also be able to explain why the South wanted to secede from the Union.

Science: Next week we will learn about a special woman, a nurse, named Florence Nightingale. She was also know as The Lady with the Lamp. Florence always believed that her life had a special purpose and that she was meant to help others. Ask your scholar how she accomplished this!