Week 18

We had a great week of learning in 1C! Ask your child about the differences between a balloon with water and a balloon with ice in it. Also ask him or her what happened to the balloon when we mixed vinegar and baking soda.

Announcements

Please Label Items:  Please label all of your child’s items (sweaters, lunchbox, water bottle, etc.) so if they are lost, we can find their home quickly! We do not currently have any sweaters or water bottles in the classroom, so please check lost and found if you are missing any items.

Class Book Exchange: After our world religions party on 12/20, we will have a class book exchange! Please have your child bring a new or gently used book (non-pop culture) to school. Please wrap the book and try to choose a book that would be enjoyed by both boys and girls.  Thank you!

This week in 1C:

Literature:  Students will continue to read Frog and Toad All Year and will be able to retell the story while highlighting important details. We will discuss the virtues found in the book.

Spalding:

Monday: mine, chair, forgot, guess, hang meat, mouse, phone, store, supper

Tuesday: Through, toe, became, brother, rain, keep start, mail, male, female

Wednesday: eye, I glass, party, upon, two, twin, twice, twelve, twenty, between

Phonograms to practice:  b, p, s, t, w, gu, ng, oe, ough, ph

Poem:  Table Manners                  

Idiom: The more the merrier.

Writing:  Students will be able to understand the basic conventions of a proper sentence and rewrite a model sentence.  We will read and discuss different poems.

Grammar:  We will find noun, verbs, and describing words in Francisco Goya's painting of Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga.

Math: This week we will go back in time and begin reviewing the math content from the very beginning of the year. We will review all that has been learned from shapes to counting and subtraction to measurement. We will have a final units 1-10 cumulative review before break. 

History: In history, we will learn about how Mexico gained their independence from Spain.  On Wednesday, we will discover the ancient Bering Strait which led people from Asia to the Americas. On Friday, we will learn about hunters and gatherers and how farming led to the development of cities.

Science:  This week we will continue to learn about matter by learning about changes in states of matter. We will complete some interesting experiments in order to observe melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation.