Week 30  March 29 - April 1 2016

I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun break!  I know I am ready to begin our last quarter on Tuesday!

ELA

We will continue reading My Father's Dragon, looking for details in our reading and creating paragraphs using those details.  Students will present their "Wild Island" versions, along with their illustrations!

Spelling:

Tuesday: fix, fixed, born, go, goes,, hold, drill, army, pretty, stole
Wednesday: income, bought, pay, paid, enter, railroad, unable, ticket, account, driven
Thursday: Write words once with markings to prepare for the test tomorrow!

HISTORY

Students will be learning about the American Revolution and will be able to explain how the events at Lexington and Concord began the Revolution.

MATH

Students will be estimating quantities by proportion of size.  They will be comparing and ordering numbers within 100.

Tuesday: workbook page 141
Wednesday: workbook page 142-143
Thursday: workbook page 144-146

Virtue of the month - Perseverance

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."  ~Albert Einstein

Have a great week!

Week 29  March 14-18

SPRING BREAK BEGINS ON FRIDAY!!!!!:)

We had a great time at our Field Day event.
Here are some pics of your children!

GO CORINTH!


ELA

Spelling:

Monday: pocket, shoe, shoes, stairs, stream, talks, tiny, words, trust, extra
Tuesday: dress, beside, teach, happen, begun collect, file, provide, sight, stood
Wednesday: Practice words for the test tomorrow.
Thursday: Test
Friday: Spring Break

Reading:

We will continue reading My Father's Dragon.  This week students will create their own Island, with their own created characters, and then present them in class.

Science:

Through a variety of activities, students will recognize changes in the different states of matter.  Please send in any old magazines you might have.  We will be creating charts using the pictures.

History:

This week we will begin our study of the thirteen colonies.  We will read about Paul Revere and the Boston Tea Party.
The class had a great time making their Pilgrim and Indian puppets.  They made presentations, using their puppets telling the story of the Pilgrim's adventure to the New World.

Math:

When given two or more numbers, students should be able to compare and order numbers by the differences in the number of tens, and if the number of tens is the same, by the number of ones.


Virtue of the month:  Perseverance

To persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.

 Have a great week and a wonderful Spring Break!

Week 29  March 7-11, 2016

Friday, March 11, is Athletic Field Day.  This is a wonderful event where classes get to compete in a variety of events.
The link below is for parents who wish to volunteer in working the events.  It is not a sign-up for volunteering in 1B.
To prepare for this event, students will be practicing on the field all week.  It is important that each student have their own water bottle and hat.  Please make sure they have sunscreen on before they come to school.
On the day of our event the students should wear a shirt that has green in it.  Our class colors for the day are GREEN and the title of our team is Corinth. Students may wear shorts (not too short)for this event or denim pants.  Since we will be eating lunch as a class, each child must have a nut-free lunch that day.  After the event, we will return to our classroom to eat, and do crafts related to the Olympics.

Athletic Field Day Volunteer Sign-Up March 11




ELA

I will have to post the week's words on Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience.

We will continue to enjoy reading our story My Father's Dragon.  Student's are coming up with very entertaining, creative ideas for their sentences.
We will continue to review, nouns, adjectives, verbs, and linking verbs.  We are focusing on using commas when we are listing items in a sentence, and when writing the date.

Math

We will continue to work on telling time, and estimating time for completing familiar activities.

Monday-Thursday - Math packets.

History

Students will be able to retell the journey on the Mayflower and recognize why the Pilgrims came to New England.
They will be able to describe the first Thanksgiving, and describe key aspects of Puritan life.

Science

Students will be able to understand the basic concept of atoms through a variety of fun activities.


VIRTUE OF THE MONTH - PERSEVERANCE

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave in.  ---- Thomas A. Edison

HAVE A GREAT WEEK!

I will update the blog on Monday.