Ms. Joanne isn't feeling well and will be out this week, and we need more time to prepare for our Spanish night. Also, Christmas Tree season will be kicking into gear at Minter's Farm, so we are going to be pushing “pause” on Spanish for a little while. Although it does make us sad to take a break, it will give us the time that we need to work on our poetry project. And, I'm sure we will be seeing Ms. Joanne as we get closer to the holidays... and we will pick right back up with Spanish when things calm back down!
Thursday is our Halloween party! We have pizza, carrots, and drinks covered. Any treats or sides that you would like to bring would be great. We also have goody bags. If you would like to bring something to add to the bags, just bring it in Thursday morning and we'll fill the bags. We will have our festivities from 10:00-12:00. I wanted to plan it around lunchtime, so don't worry if you can't make it.... You know I'll take lots of pictures!
Spelling- We have a super hard list this week! The kids went over each word as we discussed the spellings. They had to choose five words and create a short story. They had a great time making up some very silly stories! This is a tough list, so they will most likely need a lot of repetition this week!
Grammar- The kids delved into the wide world of adverbs today. We have a new definition to memorize: An adverb is a word that describes a verb, and adjective, or another adverb. We learned that adverbs tell us how, when, where, how often, or to what extent. Today, we only discussed adverbs that describe verbs. We also only discussed adverbs that tell us “how”. For instance, “I laugh quietly.” The word quietly describes the verb “laugh”. How do you laugh? Quietly! The students also learned how to add this new information to their diagrams. We can now diagram sentences with adjectives and adverbs! They will be practicing this at home tomorrow.Handwriting- Excellent job on those border sheets! Our wall is looking beautiful!
We did a Halloween craft today, making spiders from paper plates! We'll use these to decorate for our party on Thursday. Spooooky!Poetry- We have almost nailed down “The Duel”. Keep practicing at home! We are going to being working on our props next Tuesday... and should be “filming” by the following week!
Reading- We will be starting a new book “Earthshaking Earthquake Mystery” soon. I have ordered them and they are on their way! Until they arrive, we will be reading a book in class that I am very excited about. We will be reading “Macbeth for Kids” from the “Shakespeare Can Be Fun” series. With witches, cauldrons, treason, and turmoil, this is a great unit for us to start right before Halloween!If this is a hit, we may work on another book from the series later on. I have high hopes that they will embrace this introduction to Shakespeare!
Math- Although the kids know how to count by two's, five's, tens, and twenties, very well, we focused on counting by threes and fours. We also worked on counting by different intervals when starting from any number. For example, we counted by two's by starting at 244. We started at 124 and counted up by tens.
Social Studies- Mr. Dennis continued his lesson on timelines today, incorporating math into social studies. The kids learned what a lot of adults haven't figured out.... how to discern which century a date occurs in. They learned a trick, cover up the last two digits in the date, add one, and can now tell you that 1776 was in the 18th century. Hooray!
The kids combined their index cards that they worked on at home and created a big timeline over the history of Ferdinand Magellan. These hands on activities take the information they are discussing and put it to work.... solidifying it in their growing minds!
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