Can you believe it is already December? I can't believe how fast this year is flying by, anyways…
We all know what it is like to have a bad day and this week we
read about a character named Alexander in the story Alexander and the Terrible,
Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, who has one really awful day.
We looked at character traits and what type of character Alexander is
based on his actions and words. We
also talked about plot and beginning, middle, end. We looked at the different settings in the story and how
Alexander is feeling as the story progresses. We even began to write our own story about our made up
“terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”.
A special friend
also visited our classrooms. The
Elf on the Shelf made an appearance to each of our rooms. He is watching us closely to see how we
act. We are journaling each new
day with the Elf.
In math we worked on basic facts to 20
and ways to make 20. We looked at
how to choose an operation when it comes to word problems and figuring out if
we are to use subtraction or addition.
We also worked some more on related facts. We will be taking our chapter 5 test next week on
Tuesday. Please practice by doing
the enrichment packet.
In grammar we
worked on plural nouns and nouns in a sentence. We found the different nouns in a sentence and are now able
to recognize that a sentence always has a noun.
What We’re Learning Next
Week:
Reading: We will be doing a Jan Brett author study this upcoming week. We will be working on comparing and
contrasting the different texts she has written. Students will work on writing an alternate ending to the
stories and being able to explain their favorite parts. We will work on writing and explaining
what we would do if Santa were stuck in our chimney.
Math: Coming up we will be reviewing chapter 5 and then having our chapter 5
test on Tuesday. We will begin
chapter 6. In chapter 6 we are
going to work on counting by ones to 120 and counting by tens to 120. You can easily practice this skill at
home.
Grammar: Students will be practicing action verbs.
