BECAUSE OF THE TWO SNOW DAYS, NO TESTS THIS WEEK.

“I failed over and over and over again in my life, and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan

Important Information

I hope everyone had an enjoyable vacation. This week for Black History Month, we will focus on Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Ruby Bridges, Jesse Owens, and Garrett Morgan.

Please make sure that chromebooks are charged each evening. It is also a good time of year to replenish school supplies such as pencils and glue sticks.

Information about our “stuffed animal” reports are going home on Tuesday. Please be on the lookout for it.

Many of the children in the class are struggling with telling time. I will be reviewing how to tell and write time from analog and digital clocks in five minute increments, and using a.m. and p.m.  Additionally, the children should have an understanding of common terms, such as, quarter past, half past, quarter to, before, and after the hour.  I will be doing the review in addition to our regular math lessons.

Academics

Math: We are focusing on addition and subtraction. We are having a test on Thursday. We are also continuing to practice all our math facts using XtraMath.

ELA: For Unit 4, Weeks 1 and 2 our essential question is “ How can you use what you know to help others?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.

• Genre: Realistic Fiction
• Shared Reading: The Impossible Pet Show
• Anchor Text: The Talented Clementine
• Paired Selection: Clementine and the Family Meeting
• Ask and Answer Questions
• Character Perspective
• Plot: Character Development
• Figurative Language
• Vocabulary Words
  • achievement
  • apologized
  • attention
  • audience
  • confidence
  • embarrassed
  • realized
  • talents
• Prefixes: un, non, im, and pre
•  Spelling Words
  • taught
  • hauls
  • caused
  • paused
  • squawk
  • drawing
  • crawl
  • flawless
  • lawn
  • salt
  • talked
  • halls
  • water
  • bought
  • thoughtless
  • inches
  • cities
  • cherries
  • walrus
  • autumn

Science: Students will explore animal life cycles by thinking about their birthday buddies—all the animals that were born on the exact same day as they were born—and what happens to those birthday buddies over the course of their lives.

Religion: We are learning about David becoming king of Israel and Solomon building the temple.

TEST and QUIZZES

Thursday: Math Test

Friday: Spelling Test

Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org