These are a few websites that may help as your child is learning his/her mutlplication facts this nine weeks:
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December 2009
October 22, 2009
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October 12, 2009
Dental Hygiene Program
Today, the students enjoyed a visit from Legacy Orthodontics. The students watched a cute video about caring for their teeth and learned the importance of proper oral hygiene and nutrition to ensure the care of their teeth. Each child was given a bag with a pencil, sticker, toothpaste, and toothbrush. Ask your child to share what they learned.
2nd Nine Weeks Essential Questions
Today we went over the essential questions for the 2nd nine weeks:
Math:
Concepts for this nine weeks: multiplication and division, money, geometric figures, data analysis, and time.
What is the relationship between multiplication and division?
How can I use arrays and skip counting to demonstrate multiplication and division?
There are several other EQ's for math but this will be the focus for the first week.
Other EQ's include:
How can I describe the properties of geometric figures?
What properties can I use to describe geometric figures?
How can I identify and compare the angles of geometric figures?
How can I determine the amount of time that passes between two events?
How can I solve problems and evaluate outcomes using data?
What are the advantages of working with a time plot?
Reading:
EQ: How do I use what I know to understand how stories work?
Our focus this week is on making connections: Text to Text Text to Self Text to World
Help your child see connections as they read with you at night, too.
Share some of your own connections.
Writing:
How do I write to respond to what I read?
We are learning more about how to write a summary and a response to literature. The students each have an assigned day to write me a letter in a reading response journal.
Content:
Science:
EQ:
What can we l earn about the earth by playing in the dirt?
Social Studies:
EQ:
Who are some important people for me to know about and what contributions did they make to our country?
We will learn about Paul Revere and his contributions. I plan to share Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."
Health:
EQ:
How can I set goals and make choices that will keep my mind healthy?
Every nine weeks, the students set a goal and evaluate the previous nine week's goal.
We also continued our work on our "Personal Best" pyramid.
October 08, 2009
Guidance Lesson
Today the students enjoyed a lesson with Mrs. Webster, our Guidance Counselor. The students were able to discuss friends and acted out different types of behaviors that friends may exhibit at times. When I picked the students up they seemed actively engaged and really enjoyed the lesson.
September 24, 2009
Math Night
Your child is bringing home a half sheet of paper in their Thurssday folder, which explains about our upcoming school math night on October 6th from 6:30 - 8:00 PM. This is an annual event and should be lots of fun for the entire family! The activities are created by Kennesaw State University students. Please try to make plans to attend. Hope to see you all there!
Nutrition Program
Today, the students attended a nutrition program entitled "Just Eat It," which really focused on the importance of eating healthy foods from each of the food groups and getting exercise. The students were able to share ideas and seemed to be quite knowledgable when responding to questions. I was very proud of them.
September 21, 2009
Narrative Writing
The students are learning about narrative writing and the characteristics of a personal narrativve. Ask them to share about the example personal narrative we read in class today entitled "Lost in the Adirondacks" and how the author captured the reader's attention by starting the narrative with a question. The students will have opportunities to think of ideas for their own personal narratives this week. They will use their covered writing journals to draft these ideas. Help your child recall memorable experiences as they think about what they might like to write about for their story.
Social Studies
In Social Studies, we have started a unit on Ancient Greece. Last week, we worked on creating a K-W-L chart to find out what we already knew about Ancient Greece and what we wanted to learn. The students will add to the chart as we continue to learn more about Ancient Greece. The essential question that goes with this unit is: "What role has Ancient Greece had in shaping how the United States is today?" This week, we will compare/contrast the type of democracy Ancient Greece had with what we have in our country today (Direct vs. Representative). We will also use the globe and map to locate where Greece is and the capital city in Greece.
