Week 20

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

Everyone enjoyed dressing up and celebrating Lutheran Schools week and I hope you all enjoyed the pictures! We are still collecting socks to give to those in need. If you haven’t sent in any, please consider doing so.

It is cold outside and cold in the classroom. Please make sure your child comes to school each day with a sweater.

In the classroom, we are working on reports about famous Black people for Black History Month. Additionally, this week we will also be learning about Barack Obama, Bessie Coleman, Billie Holiday, and Booker T. Washington.

Tuesday is the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. It is the year of the Tiger.

ELA

Anchor Text: The Extra Good Sunday (Ch 5 from Ramona Quimby, Age 8)

Comprehension Skills and Strategies

  • Target Skills
    • Understanding character
    • Formal and Informal language
  • Target Strategy
    • Infer/predict

Target Vocabulary

  • festive
  • ingredients
  • degrees
  • recommended
  • anxiously
  • cross
  • remarked
  • tense

Vocabulary Strategy

  • Using a Thesaurus

Grammar

  • verb tense

Spelling: nurse, work, shirt, hurt, first, word, serve, curly, dirt, third, worry, turn, stir, firm, her, girl, perfect, and hamburger

Math

We are in our second chapter on division.  Please make sure that your child is review multiplication facts. Our next test will be next week.Additionally, we are working on fluency with XtraMath.

Wed 2/2  Religion Test – 5th Commandment

Fri 2/4     All ELA tests

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]