Friday, November 6, 2020

Week of November 2-6

 We are truly enjoying the lovely weather Alabama is having lately. It is especially nice for outdoor botany lessons as we learn more about the Plant Kingdom. Our globe skills continue to grow with practice using lines of latitude and longitude to locate places on the earth. Students were given the Fifth Great Lesson: the Story of Numbers. We will study Roman numerals as an extension job. A new word study category of homographs was introduced. We specify them as words that are spelled the same but sound different. Another new lesson was finding symmetry as an extension of the study of polygons. Everyone is encouraged to practice memorization of basic math facts toward the goal of answering 100 mixed all facts in 5 minutes with 85% accuracy. Expectations are for 1st graders to master addition, 2nd graders to master multiplication, and 3rd graders to master subtraction and division. Looking to next week, remember that there will be no school on Wednesday, November 11th. Have a wonderful weekend.