Marvelous Monday!!
***Today letters were sent home explaining the poetry contest we
will be having on February 26. Each student was given a poem that they are
going to be memorizing. In the letter that was sent home, there is a schedule
that we will be following at school and that the students will also be
following at home. On the second page, students will be marked based on every completed
task indicated for the required date. Please look over the letter, sign, and
bring it back with your child tomorrow.
We began the day having art with Mr. Monaghan and physical education with Ms. Lovan.
When students returned, they wrote their test for Exploring
Addition and Subtraction.
Wahkeen worked on counting small amounts of coins.
We then began our new UOI unit about Simple Machines! We
completed a KWL chart. We wrote what we know about Simple Machines and what we
want to learn about. After, we watched a video and discussed the 6 Simple
Machines: wheel, screw, inclined plane, lever, wedge, and pulley. Here is the
video; students can watch this video again to better understand what simple
machines are. Simple machines help make work easier.
After first recess and lunch we had French.
When students returned we wrote our homework in our agendas
and then discussed what we have been learning about Nigeria. We then read a
book with Ms. Jaskolka to learn more about Nigeria. Here is what we learned:
Nigeria is called the Giant of Africa because of its size and population. We also
read that Nigeria got its name from the Niger River that runs through Nigeria;
the Niger River is one of the longest rivers in the world. We also learned that
it gets really hot and dry in the summer, which causes a draught. We found out
that we get Cocao beans from Nigeria, which are used to make chocolate!!
After second recess and lunch, we wrote out our lesson 15
spelling words and worked in our Spelling books.
At the end of the day, we reviewed the I-chart for Read to
Self. We know that during Daily 5 Read to Self, we need to sit in one spot, be
very quiet, read books that are at our level, read the book in 3 ways, and that
we should do our best to build stamina. Doing so, we will become much better
readers!!
Homework:
1.
Read for 20 minutes
2.
Read over International Day information
3.
Sign poetry letter and read over poem
4.
Spelling pg. 62-65
No comments:
Post a Comment