Nov
Week 11- Out with October, in with November
Posted in Classroom, Home Projects | No Comments »Happy November! Hope you all had a lovely Halloween Thursday night.
I will be posting November’s Home Project this week. Since November is about giving thanks and family, this project’s title is called “Family Tree” and is due November 18th. In a nutshell there are 2 choices: 1) do a basic family tree with some history of where your family came from (siblings may do option 1 together), 2) choose one of your family members to interview and do a report on. Cannot be mom or dad. I will post instructions soon, so please visit our Home Project tab by this Friday! I’m planning on having things posted by Wednesday.
We shared and finished up October’s Pumpkin Book Reports this week. They were magnificent!
Halloween was relaxed. The students did a few works and we completed our first class book, The Witches by Roald Dahl appropriately on Halloween. We then watched the movie to compare the book to it. The only difference the students saw was how the movie changed the ending compared to the book. The students wanted a book related to Christmas next, so Ms. Anna and I are on the look for something fun to read before the let out of Winter Break. Suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Level 1 parents: Mini History project is Due Monday! Please see week 10 for instructions.
This coming Friday November 8th is an early release. Students will be dismissed at 1pm. Please mark your calendars!
This coming week will be primarily cold. Please start sending a coat and warm clothes with your child. By Thursday it will get back up into the high 50’s, but the rest of the week will not be as warm.
This week in group lessons:
Level 1s: Solid, surface, edges (geometry), Money introduction with penny board layout
Level 2s: Adjacent and complimentary angles (geometry)
Level 3s: Base, vertex, and altitude (measuring types of triangles in geometry)
Open lesson: Adding fractions, subtracting fractions
In cultural this week:
History:
Level 1s: Timeline of my life
Level 2s: Gravity and inertia
Level 3s: Cambrian period
Zoology:
Level 1s: Fish printing
Level 2s: Platypus
Level 3s: What is a flatworm?
Geography:
Level 1s: Continents and tracing- map making
Level 2s: Graham cracker folding (Earth’s folding)
Level 3s: Defining weather
Botany:
Level 1s: Food chains
Level 2s: Set B of leaves
Level 3s: Types of Calyx
Friday: Studio, Library trip, Electricity
Have a good rest of your weekend!
Cheers!
Ms. K