Week in Review : January 19th-22nd

Even though it was a short week, students were hard at work! Students received many presentations on new material and had opportunities to practice previously learned skills.

For language jobs, first grade students symbolized sentences containing verbs and had further practice with contractions. Second grade students had further work with comparative adjectives ( using the words more and most), reviewed contractions, and used a pronunciation key to decode words. Third grade students were introduced to the use of an apostrophe in a singular possessive noun, used a pronunciation key to decode words, and reviewed contractions.

For math jobs, first grade students solved large multiplication problems, converted improper fractions to mixed numbers, were introduced to ordinal numbers, made quadrilaterals with the stick box, and measured lines using centimeters. Second grade students solved subtraction problems by using the bead frame, subtracted fractions and measured the perimeter of the quadrilateral shapes found in the geometry cabinet. Third grade students practiced all math operations, multiplied fractions, and found the perimeter and area of rectangles and squares.

For cultural jobs, students conducted research on a famous person from the American Revolution in history. In science, students discussed the parts of a plant (specifically the roots) and planted radish seeds to watch how the roots grow. In geography, students continued their study of the Lakes and Rivers of the 13 colonies.

Next week, students will be busy in preparation for Parent's Night on this Thursday, January 28th. Students will select jobs to present, practice those jobs, and help prepare the environment for this exciting evening. We hope you can join us!

Reminders

Parent's Night - Parent's Night will be held on Thursday, January 28th! All are invited to this special evening where the students become the teachers and showcase particular jobs that they have enjoyed working on in Lower Elementary.