La lectura
Weather and clothing concept sort.
With our windy weather we were able to really appreciate and immerse ourselves in our language arts unit on wind/ el viento. This week we read Gilberto y el viento. In this story, young Gilberto plays, and sometimes struggles, with “Wind.” Through colorful illustrations we follow Gilberto, his dog, and wind through different seasons and in all sorts of weather.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- correctly identify the initial sound in a given word
- correctly identify the final sound in a given word
- follow multi-step directions to complete a class project
- use our words of the day in sentences: aquí / here, mío / mine
- blend syllables whole-to-part
Number bonds!
Las matemáticas
Our weekly objectives were to:
- understand the concept of number bonds: whole-part-part
- deconstruct numbers 13 and 14 to show the many different ways they can be formed
- count to 100 by 1’s
- correctly identify numbers 1-13 when not in order
- form groups of given numbers – representing them with different classroom manipulatives
History & Geography
We finished learning about George Washington this week. Through out this section we’ve seen several portraits of our first president so we decided to make one ourselves. Continuing on with this unit we began learning about Thomas Jefferson and the contributions that he made to this country.
Our objectives this week were to:
• recognize George Washington as the first president United States
• recognize the sacrifices George Washington made for the country
• understand how George Washington’s spectacles humbled his soldiers •recognize Thomas Jefferson as a third president of the United States
•identify Thomas Jefferson as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Science
We started our week in science by making ice cream in a bag. The class had so much fun learning how salt affects ice and lowers it’s freezing point. They all agreed that this was an experiment well worth trying! We continued to learn about the seasons. We are working on a art piece to depict the seasonal changes.
Our objectives were to:
• demonstrate understanding of the following units of time and their relationship to one another: day, week, month, year
• name the four seasons in cyclical order, as experienced in the United States, and correctly name a few characteristics of each season
• characterize spring as generally the time that the air warms, the ground thaws, plants begin to grow, and baby animals are born
• name the months in this season
• identify ways in which the weather of this season affects our daily routines, such as dress, activities, etc
• name a holiday that occurs in this season
Just a reminder to everyone that our Robot book bags come home on Monday and should return on the following Monday.