October 8th-12th and a preview into the next 9 weeks
For reading: What is round and orange and is fun to carve? PUMPKINS! This week’s focus was all about pumpkins. We will be read and discussed Pumpkin Town by Katie Mcky. We used the text to learn about conclusions of stories.
Vocabulary from the book:
- dull: not interesting; boring
- delicate: easily broken
- marvel: to be amazed
- sag: to hang down
- distant: far away; cannot easily be seen
- Carve a pumpkin and count how many seeds.
- Get a variety of pumpkins and compare or contrast them. One way could be by size, line them up smallest to largest.
The first 9 weeks of school ended on Wednesday so we finalized our shapes unit but that doesn't mean you can't review them through out the school year at home!
For math: We finalized 3D shapes:
Our 2D or Flat Shapes:
circle: a round shape
triangle: a shape that has three sides
square: a shape that has four equal sides
rectangle: a shape that has two short sides and two long sides
hexagon: a shape that has six sides
Our 3D or Solid Shapes:
cone: a 3d shape that has a circle bottom and a pointed top
cylinder: a 3d shape that looks like a can
sphere: a 3d shape that looks like a ball
cube: a 3d shape that has six square sides
Shape Features:
vertex/corner: the corner where 2 sides meet
side: a line in a shape
face: flat side of a shape
We will be moving into/continuing:
- Counting to 100
- Writing numbers to 20
- Counting objects to 20 in a line, circle and array and up to 10 objects scattered
- Comparing objects and numbers up to 10
- Describe several measurable attributes of an object, such as length or weight. For example, a student may describe a shoe as, “This shoe is heavy! It is also really long!"
- Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/”less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.
- Continuing to Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.
For Social Studies: We discussed Columbus Day:
- Describe Christopher Columbus and why he is remembered (Columbus Day).
- Compare similarities and differences of life today to life in the time of Christopher Columbus.
Coming up in Social Studies:
- Recognize who Veterans are and why we celebrate them on Veterans Day.
- Identify the bald eagle as an American Symbol.
- Explain positive character traits of veterans.
- Learn how American culture celebrates Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day and how others celebrate in their cultures.
- Students will be introduced to historical events and figures within a given holiday.
- Students will learn about needs and wants.
Coming up in Science:
Motion, students will:
-Understand that things move in different ways and that gravity affects objects.
-Activities in a unit on motion and gravity should give them context for the two concepts and stepping stones for additional knowledge and understanding in subsequent years. Simple concrete explanations of gravity and motion are appropriate, and may be addressed with the specific examples in the standards.
Day and Night Sky, students will:
-Examine the characteristics of day and night sky and how one changes into the other in a 24 hour cycle.
-Focus on the simple changes from night to day and day to night, as well as the main objects in the sky – the sun and moon.
Have a great weekend and see you all at conferences!
Upcoming Dates:
Mon, Oct 15th thru Fri, Oct 19th, 12:30 Early Release for Conference Week
Tues, Oct 16th, Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Mon, Oct 15th thru Fri, Oct 19th, Scholastic Fall Book Fair in the Learning Commons, open 7:15-4:00 daily, except open until 5:00 pm on Tuesday, closes at noon on Friday
Sat, Oct 20, 8:00 am-12:00 pm, Garden Work Day
Mon, Oct 22-Fri, Oct 26, Red Ribbon Week
Thurs, Oct 25, Peace, Love, and Pizza Night
Fri, Oct 26, FBI Breakfast
Fri, Oct 26, 6:00 pm, Boo-vie Night
