Week of February 17

Religion:  We are learning about the Holy Spirit and how he came on Pentecost to Jesus' followers. 

Superkids:  We have finished Adventures of the Superkids and will be starting More Adventures of the Superkids.  In our first unit we will be learning about y as a vowel.  We will also start working on identifying the setting of a story as well as recalling details from the story.

Math:  We will be learning how we can exchange pennies for dimes, adding two digit numbers with regrouping using dimes and pennies, telling time to the half hour, and dividing shapes into halves and fourths.

Science:  This week we will continue talking about the sun, moon, stars, and planets.  We will work more on our planet writing.  We will also begin talking about weather.  In our lab this week we will look at the different parts of the water cycle.

Social Studies:  We will begin our next inquiry unit on communities.  During the unit we will be talking about our community as well as other communities.  We will also talk about different community workers.

Writing:  We will be working on brainstorming a list of topics that we know about and then choosing one to write facts about.