November 17, 2009 They did it AGAIN!  100 Chapter Books (200 for the year)

Thank you to all the many parents that volunteered to help at our Pumpkin Project!  It was a great success!

Core Knowledge units this week:

Science: Nervous System: We begin the unit on the Nervous System. Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Literature: We are reading Alice in Wonderland as a class. We will finish this book this week and then watch the movie next week in class.  Then we will start working our our reader's theater "Mad Hatter".

Sayings & Phrases: A feather in your cap.  We learned about this saying and that it is a saying for recognizing when someone has done something good or deserving of phrase.  We then drew names and gave awards to the person we drew for a feather in your cap. 

6 Traits of Writing: We will continue learning about sensory words and using them in our sentences and paragraphs to make our sentences more "sensory".

Handwriting (Cursive): We have practiced Letters A-I and will begin on J, j, and K, k this week. Keep practicing at home.

PE: Relay Races

Geography: Map skills continue through this month.

Spelling: Words are posted in the Spelling tab.  Test on Friday.