Last week we continuing talking about the Holy Family and the students created a book showing how the Holy Family showed love for others and God and then how they show love for others. This week we will begin talking more about Mary and practicing the Hail Mary.
We are finishing up our first unit in Adventures of the Superkids this week. At the end of each unit we will be reading one of our Super-Duper magazines, so this week we will be reading our first one. The Super-Duper magazines are non-fiction magazines that have some great articles that the kids really get into. We will also begin unit 2 where our pattern words will be words with wh and th.
For math this week we will be creating AB, ABB, ABC, and ABBC patterns, adding doubles to 18, and identifying lighter and heavier using a balance. We will be doing a lot of hands on activities with different manipulatives this week.
In Science we will be reading some of our dinosaur books and talking about different types of eggs. We will be doing an experiment with eggs and vinegar.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Carnivores and Herbivores
We have been talking about what dinosaurs ate and that some were carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. To help us understand what carnivores and herbivores would eat I drew a big T-rex (our carnivore) and a big Brontosaurus (our herbivore) and the students cut out different kinds of food for our dinosaurs to eat. While we know that these foods were not available during dinosaur time it still helped us to figure out what foods would go with the meat-eating T-rex and the plant-eating Brontosaurus. Here are pictures of our dinosaurs.
We also figured out how many of our feet it would take to fill up a dinosaur footprint. To do this students traced their feet and cut them out. Then we put them inside the dinosaur footprint. It took 32 to fill up the dinosaur footprint.
We also figured out how many of our feet it would take to fill up a dinosaur footprint. To do this students traced their feet and cut them out. Then we put them inside the dinosaur footprint. It took 32 to fill up the dinosaur footprint.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Week of September 23
Last week Thursday, the students were very excited to be able to have Library again! They got to check out books this time, that we are keeping in our classroom to read for right now. We will be having Library every other week on Thursdays.
This week should be a fun short week. We have our field trip to Safety Town on Thursday and no school on Friday.
This week we will be continuing to talk about the Holy Family. Students drew pictures of the Holy Family and their families last week. This week we will be looking at how the Holy Family obeyed God and showed love for each other and for God and ways we can show love for others and for God.
We have started our first unit in Adventures of the Superkids. Students also read the first story called A Patch in a Pinch. This week we will be reading a poem and another story. We will also be working on the spelling pattern words and memory words. I have a couple of spelling games that we will be playing this week to help review the words. During our writing time we will continue working on writing about things we have done.
In math this week we will be learning about ordinal numbers, addition double facts, rectangles, and writing number sentences.
Students will continue to look at characteristics of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. We will be putting up some giant dinosaurs in our room to help us classify what each type of dinosaur would eat.
This week should be a fun short week. We have our field trip to Safety Town on Thursday and no school on Friday.
This week we will be continuing to talk about the Holy Family. Students drew pictures of the Holy Family and their families last week. This week we will be looking at how the Holy Family obeyed God and showed love for each other and for God and ways we can show love for others and for God.
We have started our first unit in Adventures of the Superkids. Students also read the first story called A Patch in a Pinch. This week we will be reading a poem and another story. We will also be working on the spelling pattern words and memory words. I have a couple of spelling games that we will be playing this week to help review the words. During our writing time we will continue working on writing about things we have done.
In math this week we will be learning about ordinal numbers, addition double facts, rectangles, and writing number sentences.
Students will continue to look at characteristics of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores. We will be putting up some giant dinosaurs in our room to help us classify what each type of dinosaur would eat.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Week of Sept. 16
This week in religion we will be looking at the Holy Family. We will be talking about how Jesus grew up in a family and comparing and contrasting what things were like doing Jesus' time and our time.
We have completed Welcome Back, Superkids and this week will be starting Adventures of the Superkids. In the first unit students will learn about words with sh, ch, and tch. We will be reading new stories in our readers. Students will also start thinking about things that they have done and will be making lists that they can use for ideas when writing.
Last week in math we went to the Ipad lab and used the geoboard app to draw shapes. It was great to see the kids enjoying drawing on the geoboard app, even later in the week. This week we will be looking at dividing things in half, graphing on a pictograph, counting, and writing addition sentences.
This week in our dinosaur inquiry unit students will be comparing the sizes of dinosaurs to other dinosaurs as well as to themselves. They will work together to measure their own heights and then use our dinosaur books to find the height of different dinosaurs. We will even compare our feet to dinosaur feet. We will also talk about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.
Upcoming Events:
We have completed Welcome Back, Superkids and this week will be starting Adventures of the Superkids. In the first unit students will learn about words with sh, ch, and tch. We will be reading new stories in our readers. Students will also start thinking about things that they have done and will be making lists that they can use for ideas when writing.
Last week in math we went to the Ipad lab and used the geoboard app to draw shapes. It was great to see the kids enjoying drawing on the geoboard app, even later in the week. This week we will be looking at dividing things in half, graphing on a pictograph, counting, and writing addition sentences.
This week in our dinosaur inquiry unit students will be comparing the sizes of dinosaurs to other dinosaurs as well as to themselves. They will work together to measure their own heights and then use our dinosaur books to find the height of different dinosaurs. We will even compare our feet to dinosaur feet. We will also talk about carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores.
Upcoming Events:
- Safety Town - Sept. 26
- No School - Sept. 27
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Week of Sept. 9
This week during religion we will be learning about the Three Persons of the Blessed Trinity as well as learning that the Sign of the Cross is a prayer to the Blessed Trinity. We will be coloring and doing a couple of crafts to go along with our learning.
In Superkids this week we will be finishing up the Welcome Back book. We will be reading a couple more stories, talking about compound words, using apostrophes, and word families. We will also be continuing to work on creating lists of our favorite things during writing as well as look at recognizing and writing complete sentences.
During math this week students will be using the Ipads to draw shapes using the geoboard app. We will also talk about sides and angles while drawing our shapes. Students will also be acting out and drawing more story problems, identify and count pennies, and identify numbers that come between two other numbers. We will be having a math test on Wednesday.
This week in Science students will be putting dinosaur bones together, creating a dinosaur named after themselves, and identify what features of dinosaurs helped them to survive. Students were also introduced to two different virtual dinosaur dig websites in class. You may check them out with your child at home also if you would like.
In Superkids this week we will be finishing up the Welcome Back book. We will be reading a couple more stories, talking about compound words, using apostrophes, and word families. We will also be continuing to work on creating lists of our favorite things during writing as well as look at recognizing and writing complete sentences.
During math this week students will be using the Ipads to draw shapes using the geoboard app. We will also talk about sides and angles while drawing our shapes. Students will also be acting out and drawing more story problems, identify and count pennies, and identify numbers that come between two other numbers. We will be having a math test on Wednesday.
This week in Science students will be putting dinosaur bones together, creating a dinosaur named after themselves, and identify what features of dinosaurs helped them to survive. Students were also introduced to two different virtual dinosaur dig websites in class. You may check them out with your child at home also if you would like.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Week of Sept. 2
The students have been working really hard. Last week we spent some time in the Ipad lab and became paleontologists in the Innovation Lab.
This week we will have a religion test on creation and begin looking at how God sent his only son, Jesus to us.
We will continue working in our Welcome Back Superkids book. Students will read more stories in our book, as well as continue working on blending sounds. We will also talk about exclamation marks and question marks. In writing students will continue working on coming up with ideas. We will learn about making lists.
In math we will be having a math test this week. We will also begin looking at the problem solving process, as well as some, some more problems, ordinal numbers, and triangles.
Science this week, we will be continuing to study our dinosaurs. We will be looking at different features of dinosaurs and how they might be similar to animals alive today. This week during our Innovation Lab students will begin investigating magnets and items that are attracted to magnets.
Upcoming Events this week:
This week we will have a religion test on creation and begin looking at how God sent his only son, Jesus to us.
We will continue working in our Welcome Back Superkids book. Students will read more stories in our book, as well as continue working on blending sounds. We will also talk about exclamation marks and question marks. In writing students will continue working on coming up with ideas. We will learn about making lists.
In math we will be having a math test this week. We will also begin looking at the problem solving process, as well as some, some more problems, ordinal numbers, and triangles.
Science this week, we will be continuing to study our dinosaurs. We will be looking at different features of dinosaurs and how they might be similar to animals alive today. This week during our Innovation Lab students will begin investigating magnets and items that are attracted to magnets.
Upcoming Events this week:
- Labor Day - No School - Monday, Sept. 2
- Picture Day - Wednesday, Sept. 4
- Early Dismissal - Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 2:00
- Back to School Night - Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6:30pm
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