Sunday, November 27, 2016

The Week Ahead: November 28th-December 2nd

We hope that everyone had a wonderful week off of school! We will be back in action this week and are looking forward to the many lessons and activities that the month of December will bring. Please take a moment to look at the link entitled "November Updates" on the right hand side of the blog in order to keep up to date on all the happenings!

For language job this week, first grade students will be introduced to suffixes, will review adjectives, read grade level sight words, and spell grade level sight words. Second grade students will review suffixes, will be introduced to adverbs, read grade level sight words, and spell grade level sight words. Third grade students will review suffixes, will be introduced to conjunctions, read grade level sight words, and spell grade level sight words

For math jobs this week, first grade students will practice with large addition and multiplication problems, review fractions, be introduced to Roman Numerals and rounding, and review number words 1-100. Second grade students will practice with large addition, multiplication, and subtraction problems, and review fractions, Roman Numerals, and rounding. Third grade students will practice all operations, be introduced to coordinate grids, and review fractions, rounding, and Roman Numerals.

For cultural jobs, students will learn about electric circuits and create a model of a closed electric circuit. Students will learn about the history of electricity and aspects of weather as well. It will be a wonderful week!

Reminders 
Homework - A small homework packet will be sent home on Monday, November 28th. The packet will be due on Friday, December 2nd.

December 9th-  Parent's Night Out

December 13th - 1st - 8th grade Holiday Program 7:00 pm

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Week in Review: November 7-10

We had a great week in Lower Elementary, even though is was unexpectedly short! Students were busy with language, math, and cultural jobs.

For language jobs, first grade students reviewed prefixes and adjectives. Second grade students reviewed prefixes and wrote sentences with prepositions. Third graders reviewed prefixes and wrote sentences with pronouns.

For math jobs, first graders had further practice with large multiplication problems, worked with bar graphs, added fractions, and wrote number words. Second graders had further practice with one digit and two digit multiplication problems, worked with bar graphs and pie charts, and added large fractions. Third graders worked with all math operations, created their own graphs, added and subtracted fractions, and measured angles.

For cultural jobs, students finished their work with King Tut and Egypt. Students were also introduced to electricity this week.

We look forward to a busy November and December! Please be sure to check the blog and your child's red folder for upcoming events and information. Please look under the Links section of the blog to see the November Updates newsletter.