“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Important Information
On Monday, January 15, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This past week we spent a lot of time learning about the life of Dr. King and some of the things he accomplished with regards to civil rights..
In Art class, Mrs. Kerwin will be working with the children to create masks of a picture book character. Students should bring a copy of a picture book to Art class on Tuesday, January 23rd.
On Sunday, January 28th, the class will be singing during the 9:00 church service. Please mark your calendar. The children should be dressed in their school uniforms. Mr. DeVries and I will meet the children in the music room at 8:45. After the service, please pick up your child from the music room. I’m looking forward to hearing the children sing in front of the congregation.
Academics
Math: We are in Module 8 and continuing our work with multiplication and division. At this point in time, all multiplication facts should be memorized. Eventhough this is the final module on multiplication and division, we will continue to review them throughout the rest of the year.
ELA: For Unit 3, Weeks 3 and 4 our essential question is “What makes different animals unique?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Folktale
- Shared Reading: Anansi Learns a Lesson
- Anchor Text: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
- Paired Selection: Get a Backbone!
- Visualize
- Theme
- Character Perspective
- Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
- Vocabulary Words
- disbelief
- dismay
- fabulous
- features
- offered
- splendid
- unique
- watchful
- Synonyms
- Idioms
NO SPELLING THIS WEEK
Science: Students are continuing to analyze data from dinosaur fossils in order to provide evidence about the appearance and behavior of those dinosaurs when they were living. In the continued activity, Dinosaur Detectives, students are comparing the traits of dinosaur fossils with the traits of modern animals in order to help a paleoartist draw a dinosaur as accurately as possible.
Social Studies: Students will begin working on famous African American reports. We will be reading books, using the internet, and taking notes. Students will assemble the information in a graphic organizer, and present their report to their classmates. This will be a project that we will be completing in class.
Religion: In John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” We are focusing on the six chief parts of Christian doctrine: the Ten Commandments, The Creed, Lord’s Prayer, Holy Baptism, Confession, and the Sacrament of the Altar.
TEST
No tests this week!
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]