This week we are learning:
Language Arts
We are in Unit 3 of our Basal Reader, “Let’s Connect”. Our weekly theme
is “Kids Around the World.” Our story this week is “Kids Can Help.” We will
explore the differences and similarities between ourselves and children from
other cultures across the world. We will identify main idea & supporting
details of a story. We will sequence story events. We will practice using
present tense verbs and continue to identify & categorize nouns. We will
break words apart by their syllables. We will review words with the st, sn &
sl blends in spelling. All materials come from the Guaranteed Parish
Curriculum and Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures Collection.
Math
We will collect data and visually represent our information in bar & picture
graphs. We will continue to practice our fact families this week as we
continue to review our addition & subtraction strategies. We will complete
Chapter 4 this week. Our math lessons are part of the Guaranteed Parish
Curriculum. Our math book is published by Scott Foresman. We also use the
programs Everyday Counts, Today’s Math and Investigations.
Social Studies
We are continuing our two week unit on Thanksgiving. We will learn about
Pilgrims, Native Americans, the founding of the Plymouth Colony and factors
that made life difficult for early Americans. We will have a representation
of the First Thanksgiving on Thursday when we all contribute our favorite
fruit to the Friendship Fruit Salad and contribute muscle power to shaking
cream to make homemade butter. Our units are taken from the state’s
curriculum along with some units that correspond with the Macmillan/McGraw-
Hill Treasures Collection.
CLASSROOM ITEMS NEEDED:
baby wipes or Lysol wipes
black dry erase markers
index cards (white or colored)
