Learning Goals for December 13th to 17th!

Math:
Double digit addition with and without carrying
Missing Addends
Patterns (identification and creation)
Writing numbers 101 - 150
Addition and Subtraction Facts


Language Arts:
Dr and Tr sounds
Short vowel sounds
Long vowel sounds (super "e")
Phonograms - Introduction to some of the harder phonograms
Friendly letters


History:
World Religions continued...
Islam
What is Islam?
What is the Koran?
How do Muslims worship?
The five pillars of Islam


Science:
The Digestive System
A Balanced Diet and Healthy Lifestyles
What is a germ? 
The importance of Vaccinations
Jenner and Pasteur


Polar Express Day on Friday!

The Nervous System!

Here are two videos we watched in class. The first video is from School House Rock and explains how the brain sends messages to the brain and how the body sends messages to the brain. The second video is a fun video that makes connections to our five senses (the first 30 seconds is the most relevant part.)

Circulatory System

Here are some videos we watched in class about the circulatory system. The main things your child should know is that circulatory system includes the heart, arteries and veins. Arteries carry blood rich with oxygen and veins carry blood that is depeleted of oxygen. The heart pumps the blood.

Do the Circulation by School House Rock


Circulatory System

Learning Goals for December 6th to 10th

Math:

Addition with and without carrying

Writing numbers 101-150

Counting mixed coins

One more, one less, 10 more, 10 less

Missing Addends

Language Arts:

Writing Friendly Letters

Spalding Phonograms: a, e, i, o. u, y, g, s, x, f, k, ay, ai, ea, ch, oo, ng, ar, aw, er, or, qu, ow, ou, sh, th, aw, au, ed, ck

Spelling Words: 

day   eat    sits   sit   lot   box   tell

yes    ball   ask   five   school

belong   door   floor   how   soft

stands  stand  yard   bring   law

Chapter book read aloud Chocolate Fever

History:

World Religions Continued...

Christianity

What is Christianity? 

Who is Jesus?

What are the Christian Symbols?

The First Christmas

Jesus and the Last Supper

Science:

Circulatory System

• The heart pumps the blood away from the body.
• Arteries carry the oxygenated blood away from the body.
• Veins carry the blood back to the heart to get more oxygen.

Nervous System

• The brain tells the body what to do.
• Nerves sends messages to the brain.
• The five senses (taste, smell, hear, touch and sight)

Muscular and Skeleton System

Here are some videos we watched in class to learn more about the skeletal sytem and muscular system!

Muscular System


Skeletal System



School House Rock



I can't post the video of dem bones, so please apologize to your kiddos!

Learning Goals for November 29th to December 3rd!

Sorry I am bit late with posting... what I can say coming off of a long break you kind of get out of your groove a little bit! I am hoping all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break!


Math:
Double digit addition with carrying
Identifying tens and ones in any number
Writing numbers 101-150
Addition and subtraction facts
Review telling time to the hour
Missing Addends


Language Arts:
Phrase: It could always be worse...


We began our chapter book read aloud, Chocolate Fever!
We will be working on the following comprehension strategies...

• making connections
• making inferences
• making pictures in our mind to help us understand what is going on
• identifying characters, setting, beginning, middle, ending events in sequential order
• identifying problems and solutions
• learning new vocabulary words by using familiar words in the text

Spalding:

Phonograms: a, e, i, o, u, c, g, s, y, th, ch, sh, wh, w, ck, k, ee, ea, er, ir, ear, ur, oi, ai, oo, wor

Spelling words:

land        cold

hot     hat      child    feed     play

sea       see       bird      cool      pool

three    green    oil   mother   earth

tooth    teeth    worm   fur   ice

Social Studies:

Rosa Parks Day is December 1st! We will be reading a couple of stories about this remarkable lady and about why she there is a special day set aside for her. 

We will also be beginning to be talking about the 1 out of the 3 world religions that we will be studying in the month of December!   Judaism...

Big Questions:

What is religion?

What is Judaism?

What do we call people who practice Judaism?

What book do they use to learn about their religion?

Who is Moses?

What happened to the Jewish people when they had to escape?

What is Hanukkah?

Science:

Skeletal system-

Why is it important to have a skeleton?

How many bones are in an adult body?

What is skull?

What makes up a bone?

Muscular system-

What do muscles help us with?

What are some examples of voluntary muscles? involuntary muscles?

Where do Jewish people worship?

Learning Goals for November 15th to 19th!

Math
Place Value: identifying a number and drawing a double digit number, expanded notation
Missing Addends (3 + ___= 7)
Equal and Not Equal
Story Problems (Addition and Subtraction)
Addition and Subtraction fact practice


Language Arts
Features of Nonfiction
  What is non-fiction?
  Photographs, labels, headers, bold words, glossary, index, table of contents
Compound words (i.e. butterfly, butter + fly = butterfly)
C or K? When should we use a c or k at the beginning of a word?
W or Wh? When should we use a w or wh at the beginning of a word?
S blends (st, sw, sc, sk, sl, sp)
Topic sentence and 2 detail sentence when writing in our journal.


Spalding
Phonograms to be tested: a, e, i, o, u, y, g, j, oo, ou, ow, aw, au, or, er, ir, wor, ea, ee, th, ch, sh, s, z, k, c, w, wh, ck, qu
Spelling Words
     chance     charge     little       book      by   
     had          over        must       make     street 
     say          come       hand       ring       live   
     kill           let            big         bug       bag 
     bog          beg           I


Ancient Egypt
Where is the Egypt?
The importance of the Nile River
Pharaohs and Everyday People
Pyramids, Mummies and King Tut
Hatsheput, Woman Pharaoh
Gods and Godesses

Learning Goals for November 8th to the 12th!

A Tribute to Our Veterans! 
This week we will be spending time learning about Veterans!
Monday we will discussing What is a Veteran? or better yet Who is a Veteran?
Tuesday- What is the military? What do they do? We will listen to the military songs!
Wednesday- How do you show respect to someone in uniform? Why is it important to show service men and women respect?
Thursday- Veterans Day! - Why do we celebrate?
Friday - How do we remember Veterans? The White Table


Math
Place Value- using rods and ones
Describing numbers - How many ways can you show...?
Addition and Subtraction Practice
Shapes - circle, triangle, rectangle, square, parallelogram, rhombus, hexagon and trapezoid
Money Trading Game - Counting dimes and pennies, dimes, nickels and pennies.
Missing addend introduction - 3 + ____ = 5 or ______ + 4 = 7


Language Arts
Features of Fiction - Problem and Solution
Story Maps 
Compound words - when two words come together to make one new word (i.e. butter + fly = butterfly)
Editing - Capital letters and using correct ending marks


Spalding
Phonograms to be practiced in class - ough, oe, ey, igh, kn, gn, wr, ie, dge, ei, eigh, ti, si, ci, aw, au, or, ck, wh, ed, ew, ui, oa, gu, ph
Phonograms to be tested-a, e, i, o, u, y, g, s, c, k, ar, oo, th, ch, sh, wh, ou, ay, ai, oi, oy, ow, v, d, f, b, m, n, x, qu.
Spelling Words - 
my         up           last           not            us            am              good            time

have      are          ago           bad           red           of                be               but  

this        all           your          you           out           may             into             him  

today     look         did            like          six            boy

Science
Mesopotamia - The Cradle of Civilization
Review cuneiform writing
Religion and What they believed?
Code of Hammurabi - Why are laws important? 

Learning Goals for November 1st to November 5th!

Language Arts
Similar Stories Different Lands
    One Inch Boy and Tom Thumb
    Thumbelina and Watermelon Patch
Features of Fiction 
      Characters
      Setting
      Beginning, Middle and End
      Problem and Solution (will be focused on more next week)
Editing Sentences for capital letters and correct ending marks
Journals
       Adjectives
       Ending marks to help separate more than one sentence.
Word Study: words with /ch/ /sh/ /th/ and /wh/
Phonograms
a, e, i, o, u, sh, c, s, ee, r, n, th, ow, t, ou, y, oo, ai, ay, oi, oy, ch, ar, or, er, j, g, v, f.


Spelling Words

me      do       and     go       at

on       a         it         is        she

can     see      run      the       in

so       no      now    man      ten

tan      tin      ton       bed      top

he       you    will      we        an

Math

Place Value (Ones and Tens)

Money (coin ID and Value, Counting Like Coins and Trading Coins)

Addition and Subtraction Fact Practice

Shape Review (square, circle, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid)

Story Problem

Science

Rainforest, rainforest destruction and clearing

Pollution: air, land and water. Causes?

Rachel Carson: Who was she? What difference did she make?

What happens if we take of our earth? What happens if we do not take care of our earth?

History

Begin Mesopotamia "The Cradle of Civilization" (The beginning of civilizations)

What does it mean to be a civilization?

Importance of the Tigris and Euphrates River

Development of writing: why was the development of writing important?

Parent Teacher Conferences!

I had such a great time chatting with you and your child about their progress at school. Please know that I truly love being apart of you and your child's life and I am proud to be their teacher! Thank you for sharing your wonderful child with me during the day. I am so excited to see what term 2 will bring!


Thank you, 
Miss W. 

Learning Goals for October 26th to 29th!

Math:
Fractions, 1/2 and line of symmetry
Odds and Evens
One more and one less than a number
Addition and subtraction practice
Time to the hour
Shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon)


Language Arts:
Making inferences
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Fables; The Fox and the Grapes
Phrase: Sour Grapes
Writing: Monster in a Jar
Word Study: words with er, ir, ear, wor, ur


Spalding:
Phonograms: a, e, i, o, u, c, g, s, y, aw, au, ck, wh, ed, ew, ui, oa, gu, ph, oo, ow, ai, ay

The Hogle Zoo!

I am hoping that your kiddos had a marvelous time at the Zoo! I hope that they were able to learn more about animals and the habitats where they live!


Thank you to all of my parent volunteers that were able to go!

Learning Goals for October 18th to 22nd!

Math
Identify and name shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle, square, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid and hexagon)
Odd and even numbers
Identify one more, one less than a number
Counting like coins and mixed dimes and pennies
Drawing a picture to solve a word problem


Language Arts
Aesop Fables... What is a fable? What is a moral? 
     The Boy Who Cried Wolf
     The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
     The Dog in the Manger
     The Maid and the Milk Pail
     The Goose and the Golden Egg
Making inferences... We make inferences when we use facial expression, body language and words to help us understand how someone is feeling or what someone is thinking.


Phrase: "A wolf in sheep's clothing."


Spalding:
Phonograms we are focusing on this week and will be tested: a, e, i, o, u, c, g, s, y, k, th, ay, ai, ch, sh, f, z, ar, ee, oo, qu, g, oy, oi, ow, ear, wor, or, er, ur
 

New phonograms to be introduced: aw, au, ck, wh, ed, ew, ui, oa, gu, ph. 

Spelling dictation: Will not be tested this week! 

me, do, and, go, at, on, a, it, is, she, can, see, run, the, in, so, no, now, man, ten, tan, tin, ton, bed, top, he, you, will, we, an. 

Journaling:
   What is a noun? (person, place or thing)
   What is a verb or action word? (Action word)
   What is a adjective? (Describing word)


Science:
What are herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores? 
What is a food chain? 
Predators and Prey
Life cycle of a plant
Review of all habitats


Field Trip to the Hogle Zoo on Friday! Please make sure you are prompt in arriving to school that day. We will be leaving the school at approximately at 8:45. 

Bullying at school...

I know you as parents are very concerned about bullying at school at home... Unfortunately the world we live in and the times we live in makes it all the more important to teach our kids the skills necessary to deal with a bully. 


A BULLY IS SOMEONE WHO CONTINUES TO DO SOMETHING EITHER WITH THEIR WORDS OR HANDS AND FEET AFTER WE ASK THEM TO STOP!!!


On Tuesday we talked about bullies and what we can do... 


If a bully is being mean with their words we can do the following...


We can say...
     Thanks for sharing that, I'm sorry you feel that way.
and show them the COOL LOOK! (ask your child to show you)

We can...

      ignore them and walk away

      If this doesn't work... go find an adult or grown up right away!


If a bully is using their hands and/or feet we need to find an adult or a grownup right away!!!


Bullying is not ok and needs to be stopped before it even starts... are classroom goal is to be kind and friendly to everyone!

Learning Goals for October 4th to 8th!

Math: 
Fact Practice: doubles to sums of 20, +1 and +0
Patterns
Subtraction
Story Problems
Money ID and Value (Counting like coins pennies, and dimes)
Counting by 10's and 5's
Counting Backwards from 20


Language Arts:
Similar Stories, Different Lands
Lon Po Po and Little Riding Hood
Cinderella, The Golden Sandal, and The Rough Faced Girl
Text to Text Connections
Skippy Jon Jones and Skippy Jon Jones in the Dog House
Tacky the Penguin and Three Cheers for Tacky
Reader's Theater using Nursery Rhymes


Poetry:
"The Pasture"


Phonograms:
Intro to er, ir, ur, ear, wor, ng. 
Test on: oo, ai, ay, ee, ar, th, ch, sh, k, s, qu, j, u, y, g, a, o, c, e, i, r, p, m, n, z, x, b, v, w.


Science:
Living and Non Living Things
Habitats, where can we find them? What plants grow there? What animals live there?
Forests
Prairies and Grasslands
Deserts