2/3 News Week 21

Literatura

Designing our own cloaks and making inferences!

This week we read Una capa para el soñador. Our objectives were:

review what a prefix is
understand how the prefixes in-, re-, des-, bi-, and tri- change the root word
understand how to conjugate regular -ar -ir and -er verbs in the present tense
use correctly words that indication location
to use the comprehension skill Making Inferences as we read the story the second time
to use comprehension strategies such as predicting, and summarizing to construct meaning from the story during the first read

We will not have a spelling test or reader homework during the next two short weeks!

Matemáticas

Adding and Subtracting Money!

This week we worked with money! Our objectives were:

add money in different ways without regrouping
add money in different ways with regrouping
Subtract money in different ways without regrouping
subtract money in different ways with regrouping

History & Geography

Social studies with Ms. Marci
This week we in our unit on the Viking Age we learned about sagas and swords. We discussed the how mainly the elite jarls had swords and how they were made. We also talked about the importance of sagas and the skalds who retold them. Students designed and painted their own Viking shields and made a model of Thor’s hammer as an amulet. For a writing response to our lessons, students could choose to use a Venn diagram or a T chart to compare and contrast two of our characters from the read aloud.

Our objectives were to:
• describe the Viking people’s proficiency and legacy at sailors, raiders, and traders
• explain that skalds were poets who memorized and retold Viking history through sagas
• identify the three orders of the Viking people: thralls, karls, and jarls
• explain that the Viking people built and used ships for different purposes
• recall that skilled blacksmiths lived during the Viking Age and name some items they made
• recall that the Thing was an assembly where the Norse made decisions for their community

Social Studies with Ms. Laura We continued practicing the play, “Victory at Marathon”. We learned about Athens under the leadership of Pericles, during the Golden Age of Greece. We talked about symposiums in Ancient Athens and used computers to explore decorative Grecian urns and then we designed our own! We planned our end of unit celebration, to take place on Tuesday, February 20^th, when we will dress up as Greek gods or goddesses and bring homemade items to ‘trade’ at our Agora (market).

Science

This week we in our Light and Sound domain the class worked on their Alexander Graham Bell biographies. most of the students finished there rough draft and editing and our now typing there biographies. Those who are finished are working on an illustration to go with their paper. Our Light and Sound Science Fair will be on Monday beginning at 1:30.

Our objectives were to:
• describe the life and contributions of Alexander Graham Bell
• explain the significance of the invention of the telephone
• design some kind of illustration to go with your report.

English Word Work

We had our spelling test on Friday. In grammar we worked on prefixes and suffixes. In our journals we used the word “dingy” in one entry and also wrote about the idiom, “sound as a bell” in another.

Specialists

Character Education:

This week in Character Ed class, your child learned about the possibility of participating in a book drive for the children of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Recently ravaged by Hurricane Maria, Humacao is a city on the eastern side of the island with a (formerly) booming tourist and fishing industry and a university, among other charms. Today, many children there have still not resumed school, and library collections have been left in ruins. A contact of mine who runs the library at the university of Humacao recently put out a request for donations of children’s books that could be distributed to the children of Humacao and outlying areas.

We thought the children of Spanish with Sarah could help! We propose that each classroom “adopt” a USPS box (12 x 12 x 51/2) to fill with books— both in English and Spanish for ages 6 to 14. Each class would also need to raise the $18.90 for shipping. Today in class we talked about ways to earn a couple of dollars, perhaps by doing some extra chores. We hope this book drive not only helps children in a place far from here, but also reinforces to our kids value of empathy and service. If your child would like to participate, s/he can start today! We will be collecting books in each classroom tomorrow, along with postage donations. We will cease collecting on Thursday, February 15 and send the boxes to Puerto Rico. ~ Jodie Marion