Sunday, December 10, 2017

Week in Review : December 4th - 7th

What a great (and surprisingly short) week we had in Lower Elementary! We hope everyone had a wonderful time in the snow on Friday!

For language jobs this week, first grade students continued exploring suffixes, symbolized sentences with verbs, and edited sentences for capitalization and punctuation. Second grade students continued exploring suffixes, were introduced to adverbs, and edited sentences for spelling, spacing, capitalization, and punctuation. Third grade students continued exploring suffixes, were introduced to interjections, and edited sentences for spelling, spacing, capitalization, and punctuation.

For math jobs this week, first grade students were introduced to the various types of angles, completed large addition and multiplication problems, and added fractions. Second grade students found lines of symmetry for various shapes, multiplied fractions, and solved large problems using all four operations. Third grade students found lines of symmetry for various shapes, multiplied fractions, and solved large problems using all four operations.

For cultural jobs, students continued their study of Greek gods and goddess, mountains, and amphibians.

This coming week, students will be hard at work practicing for their holiday program on Tuesday, visiting the holiday store put on by the middle school, singing at Shelby Ridge nursing home, and celebrating the holidays with a bowling party on Friday! Whew..what a great week we will have!

Important Dates and Reminders 

* Please remember to send in $5.00 for Amaryllis bulbs that will be taken to Shelby Ridge nursing home. 

12/11- Party of Mrs. Naomi - Beginning at 2:00 in Lower Elementary Classroom 3

12/12- Holiday Performance (Grades 1-8) 

12/13-  Classroom 1 and 2 to Shelby Ridge 

12/14- Classroom 3 to Shelby Ridge 

12/15- Bowling Party - Dismissal at 1:00! NO AFTERCARE 

Sunday, December 3, 2017

Week in Review: November 27th - December 1st

Wow! We had a wonderful week in Lower Elementary! Students began to practice for their holiday program and were given many presentations! It is hard to believe that December is here!

In language arts, first grade students were introduced to suffixes and verbs. They also continued to work on writing "How to" books in preparation for "publishing" their final drafts next week. Second grade students reviewed suffixes and wrote sentences with prepositions. Students continued to work on their realistic fiction stories and discussed how to "show" and not "tell" in their writing. Third grade students reviewed suffixes and completed work with conjunctions. They also continued to work on their realistic fictions stories by adding more details and dialogue.

In math, first grade students practiced solving large addition and multiplication problems, were introduced to tally marks and angles, and practiced adding fractions. Second graders practiced solving large addition, subtraction, and multiplication problems, multiplied numbers by 10 and 100, multiplied fractions, were introduced to coordinate grids, found lines of symmetry for polygons, and practiced math facts. Third graders practiced solving large addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems, multiplied numbers by 10 and 100, multiplied fractions, found lines of symmetry for polygons, were introduced to coordinate grids, and practiced math facts.

For cultural studies, students worked in groups to research Greek gods and goddesses. In geography, students were introduced to the parts of a mountain. In science, students began to research an amphibian.

Important Dates and Reminders 

* Please remember to send in $5.00 for Amaryllis bulbs that will be taken to Shelby Ridge nursing home. 

12/12- Holiday Performance (Grades 1-8) 

12/13-  Classroom 1 and 2 to Shelby Ridge 

12/14- Classroom 3 to Shelby Ridge 

12/15- Bowling Party - Dismissal at 1:00! NO AFTERCARE