Congratulations to Mason for being our orange card winner of the week! Way to make good choices, Mason!!
Mrs. Simpson, our student teacher, will be taking over teaching duties for the next few weeks. She is required to have a "full" experience in the classroom where she plans and prepares, teaches, and grades...all of the responsibilities of a classroom teacher. I will still be present daily during her "take over" time to do some individual help, planning, and organizing for future lessons. I am sure this will be a great experience for both her and the students. She will be sending home a letter in the near future explaining exactly what she will be doing while in the classroom(:
We will begin a new unit in Math on data and graphing. Social Studies will begin a new chapter on life after the Pilgrims and the Settlers in the beginning of our nation. In Reading, we will be working on the skill of fact and opinion, and continuing to refine the skills of summarizing and context clues. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weathering and Erosion are the topics for Science, with a test on Friday over Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
In case you haven't heard, the children are increasing their writing skills daily! They are doing a wonderful job at learning how to write! They are writing in their journals daily. They are learning how to write in Social Studies and Science by using information from the text and answering questions. They are learning how to write summaries. They are learning that writing can be done in any subject. I've even has some students proclaim they love to write!!
On Friday, I sent home an assignment for the Indian Dioramas. They will be due on March 31st. Please let me know if you have any questions on how to help your child with this project. They are allowed help from an adult, but please let the child do as much of the work as possible.
Mrs. Simpson, our student teacher, will be taking over teaching duties for the next few weeks. She is required to have a "full" experience in the classroom where she plans and prepares, teaches, and grades...all of the responsibilities of a classroom teacher. I will still be present daily during her "take over" time to do some individual help, planning, and organizing for future lessons. I am sure this will be a great experience for both her and the students. She will be sending home a letter in the near future explaining exactly what she will be doing while in the classroom(:
We will begin a new unit in Math on data and graphing. Social Studies will begin a new chapter on life after the Pilgrims and the Settlers in the beginning of our nation. In Reading, we will be working on the skill of fact and opinion, and continuing to refine the skills of summarizing and context clues. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weathering and Erosion are the topics for Science, with a test on Friday over Volcanoes and Earthquakes.
In case you haven't heard, the children are increasing their writing skills daily! They are doing a wonderful job at learning how to write! They are writing in their journals daily. They are learning how to write in Social Studies and Science by using information from the text and answering questions. They are learning how to write summaries. They are learning that writing can be done in any subject. I've even has some students proclaim they love to write!!
On Friday, I sent home an assignment for the Indian Dioramas. They will be due on March 31st. Please let me know if you have any questions on how to help your child with this project. They are allowed help from an adult, but please let the child do as much of the work as possible.
I am seeing more and more signs of spring!