January 25-28 2010

January 25-28, 2010
Classroom News
We have several events coming up in February. The class will be going to see Yankee Doodle Dandies next Thursday, February 4th. Please make sure that the permission slip and money are turned in by the end of the week. Valentine’s Day is also quickly approaching. I will send home more information next week. Don’t forget to order your child a Valogram. The students get very excited to get a surprise the day of the Valentines party.
Our Studies
Every Wednesday, we have a group phonic lesson. We have focused on the consonant diagraphs /th/ and /ch/. The students took turns naming things that begin with these sounds. We made a chart with all the items named.
During math, the students continue to work in their individual workbook. We also have a group life skills math activity. We have been focusing on skip counting by 10’s and counting dimes. Last week, we practiced writing the coin amounts.
I have changed our schedule so that we do one week of science and one week of history rather than doing each twice a week. In history, we focued on George Washington. The students made a book about him. They also did a picture study on a portrait of him. Then the students tried to reproduce it. It will be hanging on the bulletin board with the flag they made.
In science, we have been studying day four of creation. We read the Magic School Bus book about the solar system and God Made Space. The students are currently working on making a mobile of solar system. They have been coloring each planet based on real life pictures of them.
In grammar, the students have been learning the rules for when to use is and are. We did several lessons as a class to observe the rules. After a quick assessment on common and proper nouns, I discovered a majority of the student have a hard time with capital letters. Therefore, we will be doing activities to practice identifying and writing capital letters each week.
The students are learning the Star Spangled Banner. We are currently focusing on the first verse. We read the verse and listen to it every day.
We began a new Bible unit. It covers the truths the Bible teaches us. The first lesson taught that God gave us the Bible and it will never change. The Bible story was Jeremiah.