Week in Review : January 21st - 24th

We had a wonderful week in Lower Elementary! We were busy at work!
 

For language jobs this week,  First grade students explored how the "silent e" changed the vowel sound in a word, discussed making words plural by adding -ies, and matched animal names with their sounds. Second grade students discussed the plot of a story, explored possessive nouns, and worked with prepositions.  Third grade students continued working on sentence analysis, differentiated fact from opinion, and were introduced to pronouns.

For math jobs this week,  First grade students had more practice with column addition, measured with rulers, and reviewed telling time to the quarter hour. Second grade students worked with subtracting, converted types of measurement from one to another, and began working with elapsed time. Third grade students practiced two digit division, converted types of measurement, and continued working with elapsed time.

In Geography, students viewed a Powerpoint on rivers. After viewing, students wrote the definition of a river and listed the its parts.

In Science, students explored static electricity. Students used the Smartboard to learn about what causes static electricity. Students discovered what atoms were, named the basic parts (protons, electrons, and neutrons) and their charges, and how atoms play a part in the transfer of static electricity.


In History, students continued their Peace Education study. Students researched a quote on peace and then interpreted that quote in their own words. Come and see the students' original poems and peace quotes displayed in our hallway!
 

This week, students will be busy at work reading charts, working with fractions, discovering the rivers of North America, exploring light and how it reflects, and much more!

REMINDERS:
 

-All homework is typically sent home on Monday and is to be completed during the week. It is due on Friday. Students will be given Spelling tests and Math Timed tests in class every Friday. 


-Parent's Night will be held on January 30th!  Come to the classroom and learn from your child as he or she presents to you their favorite jobs!


The Schedule for Parent's Night:


6:00-6:45  Toddler and Preschool


6:30-7:30   Lower Elementary


7:00-8:00    Upper Elementary


7:00-8:00   Middle School

Week in Review: January 13-17

Another great week was had in Lower Elementary!

For language jobs this week,  First grade students made connections to the text -Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, were introduced to verbs, and explored the parts and functions of a dictionary. Second grade students reviewed the character, setting, and plot of a story, were introduced to prepositions, and reviewed dictionary skills.  Third grade students analyzed sentences, located adverbs within a text, and reviewed dictionary skills.

For math jobs this week,  First grade students practiced adding three three-digit  numbers (column addition), located missing variables within addition equations, and had a blast measuring objects with their foot! Second grade students used rounding to estimate the sum of two numbers, reviewed subtraction, and answered questions by analyzing a tally mark graph. Third grade students explored numbers to the 2nd power, located missing subtrahends and minuends (missing variables within addition and subtraction sentences), and answered questions by analyzing data from bar, line, and circle graphs.

In Geography, students explored more advanced land and water forms by completing a set of three part cards. Students had to match the name, picture, and definition of  land and water forms such as fjord, reservoir, and estuary (to name a few!)


In History, students continued their unit on Peace Education. Students heard a story about and discussed the life and work of Gandhi. After hearing several poems about peace, students wrote their own acrostic poem about peace!  

In Science, students continued their short unit on magnetism by working with magnets and the magnetic field in stations. Students tested the strength of the magnetic field, explored the attraction and repulsion of the magnetic poles, and even magnetized a nail!

Next week, students will be busy! They will continue learning about peace, practice telling time, work with addition, subtraction, and division, and learn the parts of a river!

REMINDERS:

-All homework is typically sent home on Monday and is to be completed during the week. It is due on Friday. Students will be given Spelling tests and Math Timed tests in class every Friday. 

- There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 20th due to MLK Jr. Day. 


-Parent's Night will be held on January 30th!  Come to the classroom and learn from your child as he or she presents to you their favorite jobs!

Week in Review : January 6th-10th

We had a fantastic week back from break, despite the low temperatures! We enjoyed Mrs. Sue's science lesson exploring ice and sound out by the pond!

For language jobs this week,  First grade students reviewed common and proper nouns, prefixes, adding -es to make words plural, and analogies. Second grade students reviewed common and proper nouns, adding -es or -ies to make works plural, analogies, and prefixes.  Third grade students reviewed possessive nouns, prefixes, syllables, and analogies.

For math jobs this week,  First grade students reviewed counting coins, rounding to the tens and hundreds place, adding larger numbers with and without regrouping, and telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour. Second grade students reviewed writing number words, rounding, and time to the minute. Third grade students writing number words, place value, rounding to the thousands place, subtraction over zero, and elapsed time. All students reviewed how to create Roman Numerals.

In Geography, students reviewed the names of land and water forms. Students created a booklet and labeled land and water forms such as peninsula, gulf, lake, isthmus, cape, and bay!

In History, students began a two month unit on Peace Education. Students watched a short video and discussed what peach meant to them. They then heard a story about Jane Goodall, who works as a UN Messenger of Peace and is considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees.

In Science, students began a short unit on magnetism. Students learned about magnetic force, attraction and repulsion of similar and opposite magnetic poles, and discovered that the largest magnet is actually the Earth itself!

Next week, students will be hard at work! They will explore estimation and magnets, practice presentation skills and dictionary skills, and begin working with various forms of measurement. 

REMINDERS:

-All homework is typically sent home on Monday and is to be completed during the week. It is due on Friday. Students will be given Spelling tests and Math Timed tests in class every Friday. 

- There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday, January 20th due to MLK Jr. Day.