Week of: Nov. 16- 20, 2009
Language Arts: Students will be focusing on questioning the text throughout their reading. They will also be classifying and categorizing words and items. There will not be a spelling test this week. Our patterns discussed in class will be consonant clusters with r, –ick, –ill, color words, and words that show position. The High Frequency Words are: also, blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some. In phonics, students will be working with contractions with ‘s.
Math: We will continue with Chapter 3 this week in math. Students will solve problems finding the unknown partners. They will also continue to count on and use Math Mountains to find the unknown partners.
Social Studies: Students are learning about the first Thanksgiving.
Science: We will begin our new unit on Solids and Liquids this week. We will discuss the characteristics and properties of solids and liquids. We will discuss similarities and differences through our scientific studies.
Health: The Great Body Shop Lessons
Upcoming Events:
- Make-up Picture Day again! - Nov. 19
- No School Thursday Nov. 26th and Friday Nov. 27th for our Thanksgiving holiday.
- First Grade Thanksgiving Feast- Nov. 23rd
- Book Fair Tuesday-Friday in the MPR
- Holiday Boutique- Dec. 3, 4-9pm in the MPR
