Thursday, September 25, 2014

Week in Review : September 22nd-26th

We had a another wonderful week in Lower Elementary! It is safe to say that all of us are enjoying the cooler weather that Autumn has brought our way!

For language jobs this week, first graders practiced with synonyms, were introduced to adjectives, and identified common and proper nouns. Second graders had more practice with homophones, sorted past tense verbs, and worked with common and proper nouns contained in sentences. Third graders learned new prefixes, continued working with verbs, and sorted common and proper nouns.

For math jobs this week, first graders told time to the hour and half hour, reviewed place value to the thousands, wrote number words for 40-50, and solved addition problems with the stamp game. Second graders told time to the quarter hour, worked with expanded notation, and were introduced to the checkerboard. Third graders worked with elapsed time to the hour, worked with expanded notation, and solved multiplication problems using the checkerboard or stamp game.

For cultural jobs this week, students heard the Second Great Lesson - The Timeline of Life. Students also were introduced to volcanoes and began researching a specific volcano. Students began an extended unit on flags by identifying the parts of the flag.

Next week, students will review all language and math concepts from the first quarter. Students will also receive cultural lessons on  volcanoes and flags as well as complete research on a specific plant found on the Timeline of Life. It will be a great week!

 
Montessori Minute - The Timeline of Life 
The Timeline of Life is a long timeline divided up into the Geologic Eras of the Earth's history. The eras are represented by color coding along the timeline. There are sets of cards illustrating and describing some of the major elements of the story of the Earth's formation and the development of life during each era. This material gives the children a memorable introduction to this field of study. It leads to many other areas of exploration and study over the years ahead.



Reminders 

Homework will be sent home each Monday and is to be returned the following Friday. We also encourage students to read for 30 minutes each night and record it on the reading log found in your child's red folder.

 9/30- School Picture Day
10/7- Lower Elementary goes to Children's Theater
10/7- Open House 6:00-7:30
10/13- NO SCHOOL
10/16-10/17- Parent Teacher Conferences
10/17- School Play at 7:00 p.m.


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