Whew! The Mayflower Journey was an exciting one. Thanks to all of you for helping your child get in costume, get in character and learn about these pilgrims. Thanks also to those parents who built the ship and took pictures at our party. We are writing about our journey this week.
Reading
We read three different Cinderella stories this week. One was in our Open Court book and it is the traditional version that is most familiar to us. We also read Rough Face Girl, a Cinderella story from a Native American tradition. The setting is the shores of Lake Ontario. Finally, we read a Chinese version of Cinderella, Leh She. Ask your child how all these Fairy Tale stories are similar.
We are also reading a story, Molly's Pilgrim about a little girl who moved to a small town from Russia. After a homework assignment instructing her to make a pilgrim, she learns that she is a pilgrim, too. She dresses her pilgrim in traditional Russian clothes.
Writing
We are working on summaries from our Mayflower Journey. We are practicing capitalization and punctuation whenever we get the chance. We learned that proper nouns and dates need to be capitalized. We are also practicing commas in a series and commas in dates.
Math
Keep practicing those math facts! Practice telling time and counting money. This week we practiced making change. The students learned the strategy of counting up to make change. We used our number grids to help. If you need a number grid for homework, please ask!
PBIS Celebration
Next Tuesday afternoon will be our first school-wide celebration for successfully keeping office referrals less than 20 during the first trimester!!
Students can wear/bring paw-jamas to school and pawp-corn will be distributed to classrooms.
Reading
We read three different Cinderella stories this week. One was in our Open Court book and it is the traditional version that is most familiar to us. We also read Rough Face Girl, a Cinderella story from a Native American tradition. The setting is the shores of Lake Ontario. Finally, we read a Chinese version of Cinderella, Leh She. Ask your child how all these Fairy Tale stories are similar.
We are also reading a story, Molly's Pilgrim about a little girl who moved to a small town from Russia. After a homework assignment instructing her to make a pilgrim, she learns that she is a pilgrim, too. She dresses her pilgrim in traditional Russian clothes.
Writing
We are working on summaries from our Mayflower Journey. We are practicing capitalization and punctuation whenever we get the chance. We learned that proper nouns and dates need to be capitalized. We are also practicing commas in a series and commas in dates.
Math
Keep practicing those math facts! Practice telling time and counting money. This week we practiced making change. The students learned the strategy of counting up to make change. We used our number grids to help. If you need a number grid for homework, please ask!
PBIS Celebration
Next Tuesday afternoon will be our first school-wide celebration for successfully keeping office referrals less than 20 during the first trimester!!
