- made flag for Sailboat Regatta on Dishpan Lake
- reviewed science: moving air is wind,wind has power to push our sailboat
- completed ,with maps,stories of Columbus,brief reference to earlier visitors
- Scholastic News topic Columbus
- read math story,quoted A.Einstien." I'll give you the answer.You tell me how I got it".Children suprised to discover Einstien was Jewish...very brief discussion.
- reviewed how to test if a sentence is an actual sentence Can you picture it? Can you say it in one breath?Does it sound right? Discussed varying sentences( not starting each one with "I").
- continue to work on punctuation on abbreviation for dates.How do we make a comma? Remember the period if the word is abbreviated.
- Reviewed and applied use of silent "e"..as in..hope vs.hop,win vs.wine...
- did leaf rubbing,reviewing parts of the leaf...blade,veins,mid-line
- reviewed distinctions between:living/none living...
- read vocabualry words...discussing story about pertrified forest....why petrified trees not living...became very good at acting like petrified trees
- read People and Places,discussing concept of history,travels of Columbus,Taino Indians
Thursday:`10:00
Police visit from S.A.F.E. Unit...will ask children for emergency safety information: full name,address,phone numbers of importance,where will meet as emergency meeting place,full name of major caregivers.
Friday
- math min. and half quiz on math facts family of four
- review emergency information
- homework due
- Upcoming Events
- Tuesday--Children's Librarian from Cody...discuss upcoming library visit on Thurs.
What Can I Do?
- review math facts
- sign permission slip for field trip
- review emergency safety information
- note,while doing nightly oral reading(ahem) the silent /e/ that changes the meaning of the word.
- use big tree poster...go hunting for fallen seeds in the neighborhood..matching them to seeds and trees in the poster.
- We heard "Vivalids's Four Seasons today...find poems or music that relate to the seasons.
