Week in Review: February 9-13

We had another great week in Lower Elementary! The highlight of our week was our Peace Ceremony and Valentine's Day party on Friday. Thank you to all the parents who brought items and/or helped serve the delicious food! Pictures to follow!

For language jobs this week, first grade students sorted rhyming words, matched animals to the sounds that they make, edited sentences for punctuation and capitalization, and matched synonyms. Second graders reviewed antonyms and synonyms, wrote sentences with adverbs, reviewed common and proper nouns, and edited sentences for errors. Third graders wrote sentences with pronouns, edited sentences for errors, reviewed antonyms and synonyms, and identified common and proper nouns.

For math jobs, first graders were introduced to the checkerboard, changed improper fractions to mixed numbers, identified curved and straight lines, and practiced skip counting by 3's and 4's. Second graders worked with subtraction word problems, were introduced to division, solved word problems by adding amounts of money, and compared fractions. Third graders created factor trees, completed problems containing all four operations, were introduced to the distributive property, and compared fractions.

For cultural jobs, students continued their study of Argentina. Students also were also shown the Timeline of Inventions, which highlights important inventions from 4,000 B.C. up to more modern times.

Next week, students will review syllables, have work with all four math operations, create an Argentine flag, and explore expanded notation. We will have a wonderful week!

Reminders 

Snack- Last week, we reviewed the snack procedure with students. The following is the agreed upon procedure written by students and teachers. 

1.)  Students should be mindful of the time allotted for snack and will be responsible for finding time to eat between 9:00 and 10:30. 

2.) Four people at a time are allowed at the snack table in Classroom 3, while two people are allowed at a time in Classroom 2. 

3.) Students should eat only one or two small items for snack. 

4.) Once at the snack table, students may eat their snack while being mindful of the time. 

5.) When students have finished snack, they should clean their area and return to work.

Chapstick and Lotions- With the cold and windy weather, many students are having chapped lips and dry hands. If you wish to send Chapstick or lotion with your child, please do so with a note saying how often it can be applied.

Dates- 
2/18- Work Binders will go home
2/28- International Festival 4pm - 7pm