Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2/19 - 2/22

Thank you!

Great Hearts Day was a wonderful celebration last Thankful Thursday thanks to our wonderful parent volunteers! Thank you to all who donated supplies. The scholars spent the afternoon creating virtue necklaces, discussing virtue, sharing friendship stories and reflecting on ways they themselves can be better friends to those around them.
Music Class

Art Class
Important Upcoming Date
  1. Wednesday, Feb. 27th: Little House in the Big Woods Coffee Talk (all reading and math groups are cancelled this day to make time for the coffee talk)

A Look in the Classroom
  1. ELA: We will be introducing another part of speech next week when we begin our study of prepositions. We will learn about a new type of writing when expository writing is introduced. We will be reading our final tall tale, John Henry, as we continue to connect ELA to westward expansion. 
  2. History: We will talk about the California gold rush and the famous Oregon Trail. We will also explore who the riders of the Pony Express were and learn how the technology of the telegraph replaced them.
  3. Science: Scholars will begin to learn about the water cycle. Leaning on the discussions we had about states of matter last week, we will discuss what the water cycle is using key terms such as evaporation and condensation.
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UgA2kdF7KTc/XGbzOCDP75I/AAAAAAAAD4o/7siQyFYeihQgUSpuZYdNO_qs-7-0HzA_gCLcBGAs/s320/water%2Bcyce.jpg
  1. Math Objectives:
    1. Count and multiply by 5’s
    2. Solve word problems by multiplying by 5
    3. Divide by 5 and solve division word problems

Assessments
  1. Friday: Spelling Test