We have been super busy in the classroom this week. On both Monday and Tuesday the only breaks we have taken were PE and recess. We have worked our little fingers to the bone!
Each student received their Alabama History book this week. We have begun talking about government to prepare for our upcoming trip to our state capital. We looked at pictures of our state capital and the Alabama State House. Ask your child if they remember the 3 branches of government we briefly discussed today. If they remember all 3 of them then they deserve ice cream after dinner!
In math today we took a VERY long assessment. It was 50 HARD questions. The new math curriculum we have adopted is very different from what we are used to. It uses a very different vocabulary so the transition has been pretty difficult for the children.
I will begin sending math homework home once I am comfortable with their knowledge of the material. Right now I feel math homework would add unnecessary stress to your home due to the confusing terminology. Bare with me and hopefully it will begin coming home next week.
We began our Physics of Sound unit in science! Yesterday we discussed properties of sound and today we used our knowledge of sound properties to help us identify the sounds of various objects in our "Bag-O-Stuff."
BE PROACTIVE! We used the book Bringing The Rain To Kapiti Plain to learn about being proactive. Ki-Pat took control of the drought on the plains instead of placing blame on others. Ki-Pat was able to use the resources that came to him to bring rain to the plain. Along with learning how to be proactive, we also used this book to learn how to be VORACIOUS READERS, and also a little about rhyming.
Ask your child what it means to be a voracious reader. You may also want to ask them if they are a voracious reader.
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