Classroom News
Reading: Our Olympic unit began this week
and the kids are very enthusiastic about this topic. Students began learning about where the Olympics is
currently held. Then, we created a
mini-book about the history of the Olympics and the competitions. In addition, we made an Olympic folder
with rings and a torch to house our factual book and our writing book. Please ask your child about the colors
of the Olympic rings and what they represent. To provide more knowledge of each competition, we have viewed
short clips of competitions we’ve studied using www.olympic.org/videos. Explore this website in your spare
time. There are really cool clips!
Math: Chapter 8 continued this week. Students learned how to add and
subtract tens. We used
illustrations of tens and ones to help us do this. We also learned how to make a ten, also known as regrouping
to many of us! However, we will
not use this phrase. Basically,
students learned when there are 10 or more in the ones sum, they must exchange
the ones for a ten. When adding
two-digit numbers, many learners prefer to start with the bigger part of the
number and then add the smaller parts.
Mathematically, there is no reason that children should not add the tens
before adding the ones. We seem to be moving through this chapter slowly.
What We’re Learning Next
Week:
Reading: Students will continue to learn
about the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
As we do our best to wrap up our Olympic unit, we will begin to learn
about Abraham Lincoln. We will
compare and contrast George Washington and Abe Lincoln with books that tell
stories and books that are full of facts.
Math: Chapter 8 Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction will continue next week.
Grammar: Am, is,
are, was, were
The words am, is, and are tell about now. Use am or is to tell about
one. Use are to tell about more than one. The words was and
were tell about the past. Use was to tell about one.
Use were to tell about more
than one.
Phonemic Awareness:
R-CONTROLLED ER, IR, UR
A single vowel followed by the letter r has a sound that is neither short nor
long, but r-controlled.
