Learning Goals for February 28th to March 4th!

Our 100th day of school is Monday! Hooray! Please make sure that your child brings their 100 items. We will be using them in math!


Math:
How many ways can we make $1.00?
How many ways can we show 100?
Fractions of a whole: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8 etc. 1/2 means 1 out of 2 equal parts.
Fractions of a set (i.e. 1/5 of my M&M's are blue or 1 out 5 in all are blue.)
Telling time to the hour and half hour
What are equal groups? Dividing items into equal groups. 
Adding 3 two-digit numbers together


Phonograms: g, y, i, ee, ea, wh, dge, ow, oo, ou


Spelling: Please see your child's homework for their spelling list.


Language Arts:
Short and long "e" sounds
Writing like "Amelia" - we didn't get a chance to work on this last week:(
Contractions
Tales of Brer Rabbit
The Knee-High Man
Anansi- the traditional African folktale
"Thanksgiving Day" Poem


Science:
What are minerals? How can we tell minerals apart?
Review the three types of rock.
Review the layers of the earth.


History:
English Settlers: Review Captain John Smith and Jamestown.
The role of Pocahontas and Powhatan.
Slavery, plantations in the southern colonies.
English Settlers in Massachussetts: the Pilgrims, the Mayflower and Thanksgiving Day.


Social Studies:
We are going to continue to learn about manners. This week we are going to be learning about phone manners, movie theater manners, store manners and different ways to politely greet someone.