First Second News Week 34

Spanish Language Arts

This week we read Huellas de monstruos. Our objectives were:

• develop an understanding of spelling patterns for words with consonant blends
• learn that analogies show relationships between pairs of words
• continue working on writing descriptive paragraphs
• understand effective use of adverbs by making adverb rainbows
• use the comprehension strategies making connections and summarizing during our 1st read
• apply the comprehension skill of sequence during our second read

Although we did take our lesson test this week we did not take our spelling test. We will take our spelling test Tuesday, May 30th.

Next Spelling test on  Tuesday June 6th:

1. palabras (words)
2. descubrió (discovered)
3. probablemente (probably)
4. bloque (block)
5. glorioso (glorious)
6. grosor (thickness)
7. gris (gray)
8. flota (fleet)
9. flaco (thin)
10. fraterno (fraternal)

English Social Studies and Science

Social studies with Ms. Marci
This week we began our new unit on Frontier Explorers.  This week we read about the life of Daniel Boone and how he was a trailblazer and Explorer of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Our objectives were to
•  locate the Appalachian Mountains on a map
•  recall basic facts about Daniel Boone
•  understand that Daniel Boone was a trailblazer
•  understand what the phrase Wilderness Road refers to
•  add key events in  Daniel Boone’s life to our Birth of a Nation timeline

Ms. Laura’s H&G group:

We continued our study of immigration and citizenship by learning about Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.  We learned about what life was really like for many immigrants who came to America.  We wrote letter to friends and family in our ‘homelands’ describing our journey to and our life in America.  PROJECT ALERT:  The students will gather information about an immigrant.  This might be a family member, a friend or someone famous.  The students have suggested questions to answer.  They are encourage to be creative, to learn some things and to have fun!  At least one page (handwritten or typed) will be turned in and an oral report (of no more than five minutes) will be presented on Thursday, June 1^st.  Students may dress up, may bring ‘stuff’ that is relevant and are invited to bring some food to share.  We have talked about this project in class and they know what they need to do!  Thanks for your help!

Science

This week we continued our science domain on Simple Machines.  We learned more about levers and wheels, axels, and gears. We watch too short films about wheel and axles and had fun doing some experiments with levers and gears.

Our objectives this week were to:

•  identify that a wheel and axle is a simple machine that help the supply more force or lift a heavy load with less effort
•  record what happens when a wheel and axle is used to move an object
•  understand that a gear is a wheel with ridges or teeth that connects and turns another gear
•  identify the direction that gears turn

Spelling:

Spelling:
We took our spelling test on Friday.  Our activity this week was student’s choice. These were due on Friday.
For handwriting we practiced the letter z and we reviewed all lower case letters

Idiom for the week: “The she has cold feet”

Thank you to everyone who were able to attend our first SWS Pride Night. The turnout was terrific and the students felt very proud to share all their hard work from this year. Hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend. See you on Tuesday!

Math

 

This week we began and finished working with Lines and Surfaces we also began working with Shapes and Patterns. Our objectives were:

 

• recognize, identify, and describe parts of lines and curves
• draw parts of lines and curves
• identify, classify, and count flat and curved surfaces
• identify solids that can stack, slide, and/or roll

Students felt so confident about our Lines and Surfaces chapter that they asked to take the test early and all did a fantastic job!

This week in the orange group, with Maestra Sarah, we flew through out adding to 1,000’s unit.  Our objectives were to:

• add 3- and 4-digit numbers without regrouping
• add with regrouping in the one’s place
• add with regrouping in the ten’s place
• add with regrouping in the one’s and ten’s place
• CHALLENGE: find the missing addend!  This was great as it highlighted the process of always staring with the one’s place.
• begin our subtraction unit with regrouping all the way through the thousand’s!  (They demonstrated mastery of this during our prior knowledge check!!!)

This group received a few pages to practice over the long weekend.  Please have them return this on Tuesday.

Character Education

Thank you so much for supporting our Buy a Goat Bake Sale! We were able to raise $409!!! Next week in Character Ed the kids will vote on what other animals to buy through Heifer International.