by Ivary & Paola | Jan 6, 2018 | In The Loop
Literatura
It was so great to hear all the fun things everybody did during winter break. As usual, we started this short week with our community circle where students had a chance to share some of the fun moments spent with family and friends. It is always great to see them come back so ready to speak Spanish!
The beginning of the year brings a new opportunity for a fresh start. We set individual goals that we expect to accomplish during the year. We also had a very interesting discussion(debate) about the concept of “new year’s resolutions”. This provided me with a great opportunity to assess their oral comunication.
The new Literacy unit for January is “The Birth of a Nation”. This unit offers students the opportunity to learn about the people, places and events that were instrumental to the founding of our nation, all of this while continue to develop their language skills in a meaningful and rich context. We are already looking forward to it.
Lastly we reviewed our class routines and expectations:
- Daily recording of school work on their planners.
- 15 minutes of Spanish reading every day.
- Spelling lists go home on Friday, and spelling sentences are due on Monday.
- Spelling quizzes take place on Fridays.
Ciencias
This winter in Science, our class will be studying Living Systems. This module has four investigations that focus on systems. The idea of a system is one of the grand integrating (cross-cutting) concepts that pervades all of science. Students start by looking at Earth as the interaction of four Earth systems or subsystems—the geosphere, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the biosphere. The focus of the module then turns to the biosphere as students explore ecosystems and organisms in terms of their interacting parts. As a small homework piece, students were asked to explain to their families some of the concepts we will be seeing this term.
The overarching goals for this winter in science are to:
- Analyze everyday systems and subsystems.
- Analyze food chains and food webs as a way to study the biosphere.
- Make and analyze a habitat as a decomposition system.
- Investigate nutrient-getting systems of yeast, plants, and animals, including humans.
- Investigate and model transport systems in plants and animals.
- Investigate sensory systems in animals.
History & Geography
Learning about Queen Elizabeth I
This week we began our new unit, England: Golden Age to Glorious Revolution. Our objectives were:
- Identify Henry VIII as the king who started the Church of England because he wanted to remarry and have a male heir.
- Explain why Elizabeth I became queen, following Mary I’s death.
- Describe how Elizabeth I kept peace between the Catholics and Protestants in England and Sir Francis Drake’s activities and his importance to Queen Elizabeth and England.
- Summarize British exploration during the Elizabethan era, including voyages to North America and the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Students also brought home their field trip permission slip forms this week! They are due by next Thursday and our field trip is January 16th!
Mathematics
Doing some algebra with our calculators!
This week we began our new chapter, Algebra! Our objectives were:
- recognize, write, and evaluate simple algebraic expressions in one variable
English Word Work
This week we began our new rotation. Our rotation days were:
- Word Search: Students received a word search with their new spelling words. They were tasked with finding and sorting their new words.
- Teacher Meeting: I met with each student to discuss and clarify their new sort.
Our spelling test is Friday January 12th!
Specialists
In January the 4th and 5th grade class will learn about music during the Elizabethan Era, in connection with the focus of their History class.
We will explore the songs from The Triumphs of Oriana, the book of 25 English Madrigals written by 23 English composers, as well as music by Renaissance composers Josquin Des Prez (French) and John Dowland (English).
by Jill & Sarah | Jan 6, 2018 | In The Loop
Literatura
Hard at work on our book reports!
This week we finished writing for our book report. Our objectives were:
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Introduce their book, characters, and setting in the writing piece
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Develop the topic by stating the conflict and at least two events from the story
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Use linking words and phrases
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Provide a concluding statement by providing their opinion
Some students will finish typing their story next week. Next Friday we will have a book report fair during the first 15 minuets of school so parents can come by and see everyone’s hard work!
Matemáticas
Working on Khan!
This week we began our new unit, Division! Our objectives were:
- Use related multiplication facts to divide
- Use patterns to divide multiples of 10 and 100
Remember to keep practicing those multiplication facts at home, this will help so much while we work on division and as we continue throughout the year!
History & Geography
Social studies with Ms. Marci
This week we worked on our Roman contribution paragraphs . Most of the class has finished revising their rough drafts and are working on editing. Students should be planning to work on either a model or a poster board to illustrate their chosen contribution at home. Reports and models/posters are due on Tuesday, Jan. 16.
Social Studies with Ms. Laura We began our unit about by locating ancient Greece on the map. We notice that ancient Greece is much larger than present day Greece, with some city-states in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and Italy and Africa. We talked about important geographical features, surrounding countries and bodies of water. We learned about city-states and the Greek alphabet, which we practiced writing and singing! We read one of Aesop’s fables.
Science
This week we continued with our Light and Sound science domain. We finished our Light section and did some exploration with color . We had fun using prisms to create rainbows. We took a pausing point to to summarize and review what we have learned in this domain up to this point. The class did riddles for core content, brainstormed key vocabulary, and chose a vocabulary word to illustrate and define.
Our objections were to:
• recall the five senses and there corresponding sensory Oregon
• identify the sun as Earth’s main source of light and name other light sources
• identify light as a form of energy that travels in waves
• describe how light waves travel in different mediums
• explain that color is determined by how light is absorbed and reflected.
• explain what causes a rainbow to occur
English Word Work
This week in grammar we worked on exclamation and command sentences. In our journals we wrote about our New Years resolutions and used the word of the week, “shrieked”. We will have spelling sort lists next week, due to the short week we did not have spelling.
Specialists
Music with Ms. Erin
In January the 2nd and 3rd grade class will be learning how to write notation on the music staff with these elements:
– Treble clef
– 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4 time signatures
– Bar lines, double bar lines, and repeat signs
– Notes in the key of C Major
With these skills we will be able to begin writing melodies and songs that we will then sing and play together.
by Sarah Segall | Jan 6, 2018 | In The Loop
Happy New Year!
Reading buddies with the 2nd/3rd graders!
Literatura
This week we jumped right into our new Language Arts unit about travel. In this unit we will read informational writing, realistic fiction, and poems. These pieces are intended to offer the opportunity to learn about and experience transportation modes vicariously. Students will have the opportunity to talk about their own travels and the travels of others. We will learn more about familiar vehicles and to encounter a wide range of other, ore exotic, vehicles in which people travel in other parts of the world.
Our learning objectives this week were to:
- make connections and predictions
- classify and categorize: bicycles, fruits, ways to travel
- identify sentences and capital letters
- make lists (types of transportation, New Year’s goals)
- identify proper nouns
Telling the position of students using ordinal numbers.
Matemáticas
This week we also began a new unit in math: Ordinal Numbers and Position. Our goals in this first short week of the new year were to:
- use ordinal numbers to tell order.
primero – first, segundo – second, tercero – third, cuarto – fourth, quinto- fifth, sexto – sixth, séptimo – seventh, octavo – eighth, noveno – ninth, décimo – tenth, último – last
History & Geography
Nomad behavior
We have begun our next unit on early American civilization this week. We read about nomads that crossed over from Asia to North America. We acted out what it would be like to be nomads and talked about some of the animals that they would have been hunting during that prehistoric time, such as woolly mammoths and giant buffalos .
Our objectives this week were to:
• locate the continents of Asia and North America on a world map
• understand that prehistoric Nomads followed the animals they hunted
• explain the importance of hunting among early peoples
Properties of matter
Science
This this week we began a new science unit on matter. We learned that matter is what all things are made of. The students did an investigation on Friday. They observed how objects are alike and different. They thought of a way to classify the objects and then explained to classmates their rational for how they classified the objects.
Our objectives this week were to:
• understand there are three forms of matter; solid, liquid, or gas
• understand that matter takes up space
• identify that matter has certain properties
• explain that color, size, shape, and temperature are properties of matter
English Word Work
Our word wall words this week were: they, these, ask, after. Our vocabulary words for the week were: hunt, scent, and matter. In our journals we wrote about our winter break. Due to the short week, we did not have any spelling words.
Word work
Specialists
Music with Ms. Erin
In January the Kindergarten and 1st grade class will be focusing primarily on singing and melody. We will:
– Learn how to recognize when a melody is moving up or down in pitch
– Learn land sing lyrics and melodies to songs such as Oh! Susanna, Skip to my Lou, There’s a Hole in the Bucket, and Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
– Strengthen understanding of Quarter, Half, and Whole Note rhythm counts by singing out the count of the notes
by Ivary & Paola | Dec 16, 2017 | In The Loop
Literatura
This week we were very fortunate to have maestra Sarah come into our class to give us feedback about the formal letters she received from our fourth/fifth grade glass. Maestra Sarah expressed how impressed she was, not only by our students’ accomplished writing but also, the brilliant ideas students suggested, to improve our school. Maestra Sarah is already considering a timeline to implement the ideas. Thank you maestra Sarah!
Also in literacy, we read Apolo 11: el primer alunizaje. It was such a fascinating narrative non-fiction piece about the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon. Students had a chance to apply all reading skills learned to this point. And with that interesting read, we have concluded our literacy unit Our Corner of the Universe. We certainly had a lot fun during this unit – it will be hard to top. Students don’t have spelling sentences this week.
Ciencias
Sophia presenting her research project to the class.
We could have not concluded our science studies in a better way. Students did an outstanding job throughout the project – during the planning and writing stages. They identified their area of study, did thorough research contrasting different sources, and spent time carefully crafting their piece. Finally, they submitted their final copy the way it was required. The presentations reached a whole new level of excellence. I am so proud of our students’ work and cannot wait to see where we go next!
History & Geography
Playing Constitution Scoot
This week we finished out constitution unit. Our objectives were:
- understand who the Federalists and Anti federalists were as well as what they favored
- Know the important individuals that contributed to the Constitutional Convention
- review the information learned in the Constitution unit by playing Constitution Scoot
- review the information learned in the Constitution unit by filling out study guide
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the constitution, including the Articles of Confederation, the preamble, the Bill of Rights, and important contributors on the unit test
Mathematics
Working on our Merry Math!
This week we finished our multiplication and division of fractions unit. Our objectives were:
- Solve real-world problems involving multiplication and division in fractions
- review multiplying and dividing with fractions by making division trees, multiplication gingerbread houses, and multiplication and division candy cane wreaths
Our unit test will be on Monday!
English Word Work
Opening our holiday gifts!
This week we continued our rotation. Our rotation days were:
- Teacher meeting:
- Vocabulary day: We began working with a vocabulary book that is helping us review grammar and introducing us to new vocabulary words. This week our lesson was about synonyms. The words we chose to add to out word wall are receptacle and blunder.
- Spelling City:
- Writer’s Workshop:
Our spelling test will be on Monday December 18th!
Specialists
Art with Ms. Kelly:
Holiday Pictures
Both the 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th graders learned how to use watercolors to paint holiday ornaments and how to use oil pastels to draw tree branches. The students combined these 2 media to make beautiful holiday pictures, some of which have been on the bulletin board at school. We talked about reflections, and using light and dark colors to make the ornaments look three-dimensional. The students layered different colors of oil pastels to create the texture of tree branches. All the students did a wonderful job on this project!
Holiday Decorations
The students also learned how to make a variety of paper holiday decorations: accordion pleated trees, paper “onion” shaped ornaments, and snowflakes using the quilling technique. I hope you enjoy these during the Holiday vacation, and possibly make some more at home!
Review of Art Portfolios
We sorted out all the artwork that the students have created this school year and put it in individual folders/portfolios. We reviewed the Art Elements (Line, Shape, Color, Value, Texture, Form) and shared examples of how each element was used in various works of art. The students already have a wonderful collection of very impressive artwork! Their portfolios are on a shelf in the supply room.
In January we’ll work on some Native American art, starting with a Dream Catcher.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Character Education with Ms. Jennie: A huge thank you to all the SWS community for making our 3rd Annual Giving Tree for Share a BIG success. Our van was stuffed full of holiday goodness! Thank you for your kindness and generosity to help those less fortunate!
by Jill & Sarah | Dec 16, 2017 | In The Loop
Literatura
This week we read Dos días de mayo. Our objectives were:
- understand the use of question marks and exclamation points as punctuation for interrogative and exclamatory sentences
- recognize the difference in spellings and meanings between homophone pairs
- recognize digraphs in our spelling list
- review topic sentences and practice identifying them within a paragraph
- use the comprehension strategies such as Asking Questions, Making Connections, and summarizing to construct meaning from the story
- review cause and effect and use it as we read the story the second time
Matemáticas
This week we finished our multiplication unit. Our objectives were:
- Multiply ones, tens and hundreds with regrouping
- prepare for the chapter test by working on “Mi librito de multiplos”,historias de multiplicacion, the chapter review sheet, and our Multiplication charts
- prepare for the chapter test by playing Multiplication Concentration
- students will demonstrate mental multiplication to multiply on the chapter test
- students will demonstrate multiplication of 3 digits by 1 digit with and without regrouping on the chapter test
Kids did a great job on the multiplication test! Keep working on those multiplication facts at home!
History & Geography
Social Studies with Ms. Marci
This week we read about the Western and Eastern Empires and began reading about Romes lasting contributions . We also had fun doing a reader’s theater about Romulus and Remus. The class continued to work on their Roman Contribution opinion papers.
Our objectives were to:
• Identify some of the contributions of the ancient Roman civilization, and describe how they have influenced the present
• identify and locate on a map the following areas : Turkey and Istanbul
• explain that Rome had favorable and unfavorable emporers, and give a few examples
• identify a few factors that led to the decline of the Roman Empire
• explain why the Roman Empire split into two parts: the Western and Eastern Empires
• describe the development of Christianity during the Roman Empire, including the persecution of Christians
• describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire
• identify Constantine the Great as the first Roman Emperor to make laws to end the persecution of Christians, and describe 
his other contributions
History & Geography with Ms. Laura: We studied Japanese cultural traditions: flower arranging, wearing a kimono, growing bonsai plants and doing origami. We enjoyed a special visitor, Ms Mitsue, to help us learn more about Japanese culture and traditions. She showed us some authentic Japanese items and taught us how about origami. We finished this short unit, Japan Today, with a review and assessment, another Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife by Odds Bodkin, and some tasty Japanese style treats.
Science
This week we continued with our Light and Sound science domain. The class had fun exploring tools that use lenses.
We began to read about what color is. We also learned a new song about sound and light waves.
Our objections were to:
• identify light as a form of energy the travels and waves
• describe how light waves travel in different mediums
• explain that color is determined by how light is absorbed and reflected
• explain what causes a rainbow to occur
• identify the spectrum of colors that make up white light
English Word Work
We had our spelling test on Friday. The Gorillas did particularly well this week. In grammar this week we worked on homophones, question sentences and explanation sentences. In our journals we used the word “murmur” in a personal or seasonal story.
Specialists
Art with Ms. Kelly:
Holiday Pictures
Both the 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th graders learned how to use watercolors to paint holiday ornaments and how to use oil pastels to draw tree branches. The students combined these 2 media to make beautiful holiday pictures, some of which have been on the bulletin board at school. We talked about reflections, and using light and dark colors to make the ornaments look three-dimensional. The students layered different colors of oil pastels to create the texture of tree branches. All the students did a wonderful job on this project.
We also had time to create some holiday cards from extra watercolors, and the students learned how to use an art technique called Quilling to create a paper snowflake. Quilling originated in the 1600’s when nuns used feather quills to make paper coils which were combined to create designs. The students rolled paper strips (1” x 12”) around pencils or crayons and then glued the pieces together. Their snowflakes can stand alone or be used as an ornament. These would be fun to try at home!
Have a wonderful holiday!!
Character Education with Ms. Jennie: A huge thank you to all the SWS community for making our 3rd Annual Giving Tree for Share a BIG success. Our van was stuffed full of holiday goodness! Thank you for your kindness and generosity to help those less fortunate!
by Sarah Segall | Dec 16, 2017 | In The Loop
Literatura
This week we read several stories from our animals unit. Our learning objectives were to:
- Discuss the purpose for reading poetry.
- Identify main idea and details in a poem. (El gusanito de seda)
- Practice final consonant substitution in our oral blending.
- List information provided in an expository text (Las arañas)
- Introduce antonyms, discuss words that are opposite in meaning.
- Review that adjectives are words that describe.
- Draw conclusions based on clues (el cangrejo ermitaño)
- Review the three types of sentences: telling, asking, and strong feeling.
- Review the three types of end marks used for each type of sentence.
Matemáticas
This week we wrapped up our geometry unit with a big test. We tried to instill an excitement for the test, that it was there time to show what they know! The students did a great job. The learning objectives for our geometry unit were:
- identify, classify, and describe plane and solid shapes
- make same and different shapes
- divide shapes into two and four equal parts
- describe the whole as the sum of its parts
- understand that dividing a whole into more equal parts creates smaller parts
- identify plane and solid shapes in real life
- use plane and solid shapes to identify, extend, and create patterns
History & Geography
This week we finished our unit on the World’s 3 major religions. We finished our class chart and took our assessment. On Thursday we celebrated by trying holiday foods from special celebrations of each religion. We also made representations of the symbols from each religion as well.
Our objectives this week were to:
• locate Israel, the Middle East, and Jerusalem on a map
• review similarities and differences between the 3 major world religion
• identify the symbols and key holidays for these religions
• name three important prophets that we have learned about
• contribute interesting facts from this unit to a class chart
Science
This week in our Animals and habitat we talked about destruction and endangered species. The students shared information and their experiences that related to this topic. I was impressed by how much this topic means to and impacts these five and six year olds.
Our objectives this week were to:
• understand how humans can effect habitats
• identify the characteristics of a bald eagles’ habitat
• understand why and how habitat destruction can cause extinction
• understand that living things live in habitats to which they are particularly suited
English Word Work
This week in spelling the Red group worked on b,m,r,s sounds, the Blue group focused on the initial consonant blends bl, sl, and pl. Green group worked on soft vowels i and u in easy cvc words. In our journals this week we wrote about our celebration. Our word wall words this week were: are, all, from, long, went, will, them, then. Our vocabulary words this week were: destroy, endangered, similarities, and species.
Specialists
Art with Ms. Kelly:
The students learned how to make 2 different kinds of snowmen this month. The first one was made from both cut and torn paper, and focused on the snowman’s head. We read Lois Ehlert’s “Snowmen” book to see her fun snowmen collage pictures. After drawing the outline, the students filled in the snowman’s head and body with torn white paper to create texture. Then they learned how to use basic shapes to cut out the eyes, nose, hat, scarf, and a bird sitting on the carrot.
In the second snowman picture, the students used a black crayon to draw the outline, and then they used watercolor paints and salt to create a snowy background. This was a directed drawing and painting activity, and the students did a great job following directions and creating very cute snowmen!
The students are also learning about the Elements of Art (line, shape, color, texture, form) which are used in various degrees in all art forms.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Character Education with Ms. Jennie: A huge thank you to all the SWS community for making our 3rd Annual Giving Tree for Share a BIG success. Our van was stuffed full of holiday goodness! Thank you for your kindness and generosity to help those less fortunate!
by Ivary & Paola | Dec 9, 2017 | In The Loop
History & Geography
This week we continued working with the constitution. Our objectives were:
- Understand how the founding fathers decided to deal with the problem of representation
- understand The Great Compromise and The Three-Fifths Compromise
- Understand why the Bill of Rights was added and what freedoms each amendment protects
- Deepen understanding of the Bill of Rights by explaining completing the Bill of Rights Detective book
Mathematics
This week we continued working with multiplying fractions. We also began dividing fractions as well. Our objectives were:
- Multiply a mixed number by a whole number
- Solve real-world problems involving multiplication of whole numbers and mixed numbers
- Divide a fraction by a whole number
English Word Work
This week we finished our rotation and just began our last rotation before winter break. Our rotation days were:
- Writer’s Workshop: Students were able to edit/revise a writing piece they had already been working on, begin a new writing piece, or share their past writing with the class
- Blind Sort Test: Students tested each other on their spelling using the Blind Sort method.
- Word Search: Students received a word search with their new spelling words. They were tasked with finding and sorting their new words.
Our next spelling test will be on Monday, December 18th!
by Jill & Sarah | Dec 9, 2017 | In The Loop
Literatura
This week we read Perchas urbanas: donde anidan las aves. Our objectives were:
- learn to apply the context surrounding a word to help discover the concept of words related to a specific topic
- understand the capitalization of names of places
- use comprehension strategies such as asking questions, and summarizing to construct meaning from the story
- review Cause and Effect and use the comprehension skill as we read the story the second time
Students also received their new spelling words on Thursday!
Matemáticas
This week we began working with multiplying multiple digits by one digit. Our objectives were:
- Multiply ones, tens, and hundreds mentally
- Multiply ones, tens, and hundreds without regrouping
- Multiply ones, tens, and hundreds with regrouping
History & Geography
Social studies with Ms. Marci.
This week we read about the downfall of the Roman Empire. The class began to work on their research for their Roman Contribution opinion papers.
Our objectives were to:
• locate on a map the following locations: the Mediterranean Sea, Europe, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, North Africa, and Cartridge.
• describe the evolution of government in ancient Rome: monarchy to Republic to empire
• identify some of the contributions of the ancient Roman civilization, and describe how they have influenced the present
• explain that Rome had favorable and unfavorable emperors, and give a few examples
• identify a few factors that led to the decline of the Roman Empire
Social Studies with Ms. Laura: We located Japan and identified it as a country made up of four main islands. We recognized the Japanese flag and learned of its symbolism. We discussed the main geographical features and staple foods of Japan. We learned about haiku and try writing, and illustrating, our own haiku. We recognized Japan as a modern industrial nation, with the large city of Tokyo as its capital. We discussed the many Japanese inventions we use in our lives. We read the Japanese folktale The Greatest of All by Eric Kimmel. It ends with a Haiku!
Science
This week we continued with our Light and Sound science domain. The class learned more about light, how it bends, and how 
some familiar tools and instruments and bend light in interesting and useful ways.
Our objections were to:
• identify light as a form of energy the travels and waves
• describe how light waves travel in different mediums
• explain how light is absorbed, reflected, or transmitted
• describe the three types of mirrors: plane, concave, and convex
• compare and contrast the terms concave and convex
• compare and contrast transparent, translucent, and opaque objects
• describe how mirrors and lenses are used in variety of instruments
• explain how life is refracted
English Word Work
We had our spelling test on Thursday. In grammar this week we reviewed past tense verbs. In journals the class used the word “taunt” and wrote about a time when they either taunted someone or felt taunted.
by Sarah Segall | Dec 9, 2017 | In The Loop
Reading buddies with the 2nd/3rd graders!
Literatura
This week we continued with our Animals theme and read Masticar, comer: Lo queen comes los animales. This is an informational photo essay about the foods that different animals eat, including plants, bugs, and other animals. We talked a little about the food chain. The objectives of this week were:
- to have a better understanding of informational writing.
- to compare and contrast how animals and students eat.
- to acquire new animal vocabulary along with verbs and adjectives to describe them.
Matemáticas
Using our knowledge of shapes to work on a directed drawing art project. Listening skills!!!
This week we worked with place value in new ways and continued our geometry unit by working with patterns.
We also practiced drawing shapes in a directed drawing activity. Very fun!
History & Geography
This week in the world’s 3 major religions
We learned more about Christianity and Islam. We worked on our class chart, filling in key information that we have learned from the read aloud so far. The students have been fascinated to learn about these three religions and about all the similarities they share.
Our objectives this week were to
• identify Judaism Christianity and Islam as major monotheistic world religions
• understand that there are many different types of religions in the world
• identify that followers of Christianity are called Christian
• identify that Christians believe Jesus Christ to be the Messiah and the son of God
• demonstrate familiarity with the story of Jesus’s life
• understand that Easter celebrates Jesus’s resurrection after his crucifixion
• demonstrate familiarity with other important Christian holidays, such as Christmas which celebrates Jesus’s birth
• recognize the cross as a symbol of Christianity
• recognize the both Christians and Judaism follow the 10 commandments
• identify the Bible as the Christian holy book and that a Christian house of worship is called a church
• understand that Islam originated in Arabia
• identify that followers of Islam are called Muslims
• identify that Muslims believe that Moses and Jesus were prophets, but they believe that Muhammad was the last and greatest of the prophets
• demonstrate similarity with important Muslim holidays such as Ramadan
• define the crescent and star a symbols of Islam
• identify the Qur’an as the holy book of Islam and that a Muslim’s place of worship is called a mosque
Science
This week in our Animals and Their Habitats we finished working on our sea creatures and began a class book about being a whale. We also watched a documentary on the ocean habitat.
Our objectives this week were to:
• understand that saltwater covers most of the earth and it is found in several oceans
• identify and locate the oceans of the world on a globe: Arctic Pacific Atlantic Indian, Southern
• understand that ocean life is very diverse
• apply the food chain to sea life in the ocean
• understand how humans can affect the ocean habitats
English Word Work
In spelling the Red group worked on the z sound, the Blue group focused on the initial consonant blends sc, sn, sw Green group worked on short vowels o and a in easy CVC words . In our journals this week we wrote a listener’s response to the book Rainbow Fish. Our word wall words
were: more, many, over, and new.
Our vocabulary words this week Muslim and fasting.
