Sep
Week 4
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Sorry for the late post, I got home late last night and haven’t had a chance to update! The wedding was fabulous and it was nice to get a crab cake…
I want to thank Ms. Anna and Ms. Kim Patterson, our wonderful room mother who took over for me Friday afternoon. Anna said amongst the excitement of it being Friday, they were very good and enjoyed doing the science experiment.
Also, a thank you to Dixie Brenchley and Kim Winward for coming in Thursday to help put together math binders! Thank you ladies!
The kiddos are getting better at work cycle and those who are first graders and who are new are getting into the routine. Veteran students are quickly getting back into their lessons. Normalization ends October 1st and I am happy that I am observing great progress.
Since I am posting this Monday, the start of a brand new week I will let you know that reading groups have started this week. Some students will read with my every day, some every other, some twice a week, and some students will see other teachers based on where they are at. If you are interested in helping with reading, please email me! I will asking you start after normalization. If you want to help with reading groups please make sure to commit since reading is super important and it a goal for our school to better our student’s reading levels.
In week 4 I focused on individual lessons. Level 1s met with me for Geometry on learning about rectangles and review on triangles. They and some other students also got a lesson on a reading work. I spent the focus of week 4 getting everyone caught up in their math and where they should be.
For cultural this week:
History:
Level 1s: Keeping a journal for a week
Level 2s: 3 forms of Matter
Level 3s: Clock of Eras
Zoology:
Level 1s: Story cards of vertebrates and invertebrates
Level 2s: Bats (mammal study)
Level 3s: Sea sponges (Porifera)
Geography:
Level 1s: Latitude lines
Level 2s: Earth’s crust and review of parts of the Earth
Level 3s: Day and night
Botany:
Level 1s:
Level 2s:
Level 3s:
Friday: We started STUDIO!! It went very smoothly and our class said they loved it! For science they did a gobstopper experiment to learn about observations and the experiment process of the scientific method.
Reminders:
Please pack your child cutlery! We don’t have anymore extra forks and knives. We do have some butter knives, but students are still without cutlery.
On Fridays, for free dress, please no characters on their clothing i.e., no: superheroes, sports teams (bummer, i know…), logos, and cartoons.
Please make sure your child has PE shoes for Wednesdays!
Home Projects are DUE September 30th! Please see the Home Project tab at the top of our blog for details. I told them NO research on video games and game characters.
Here’s to another great week!
Cheers!
Ms. K