La lectura
This week we read another story about wind. This story was non-fiction and talked about all the different storms that are caused by wind. We also got to see some land formations and the affects of wind on the environment.
Using syllables with “a” to make words.
Our weekly objectives were to:
- follow along, asking and answering questions, during a read-aloud
- read one-, two-, and three- syllable words (with the letter “a”)
- dictation: correctly write the beginning sound and as much of the word as they can (They did GREAT at this!)
- write in their journals, correctly using space between words, capitals letters at the beginning of a sentence, and punctuation at the end.
- create a windsock (manga de viento) and tell about what it tells us.
Practicing our number recognition with Friday BINGO.
Las matemáticas
We’ve really been working on number identification and number formation. Be sure to point out numbers everywhere and have your child tell you what they are, in Spanish!
Our weekly objectives were to:
- correctly identify numbers 1-15, out of order
- form all the possible formations of the number 15
- correctly write the numbers 1-15
- read addition equations from left to write, correctly reading the number, + Y, = SON
signing our class declaration
History & Geography
On Tuesday we talked about Martin Luther King Jr. and why we honor him with a holiday. We read a book and discussed people we admire. We learned more about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence this week. As a group we came up with our own class declaration and each student signed it with a special pen. We also had lots of giggles drawing the statue of liberty with a Fourth of July firework display in the back ground. On Friday we began learning about Abraham Lincoln.
Our objectives this week were to: •recognize Thomas Jefferson as a third president of the United States
•identify Thomas Jefferson as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
•describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence as a statement of America’s Liberty
•identify the Statue of Liberty
• recognize Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president of the United States
Science
This week we finished our seasonal tree picture and read a fun book to go along with it. On Thursday we made Crystal borax snowflakes and used thermometers to test different temperatures of water in the classroom. We also had a lesson on autumn.
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 autumn as generally the time that the air begins to chill, leaves change colors and fall from the trees, and farmers harvest their crops.
• 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
Student of the month