Field Trip and More!

Hi Parents,

Here is a peek at what we will be focusing on this week:

Field Trip!

We will be going to the Children’s Museum on Thursday! Please have your child wear their printed tie dye shirts or their red Robert’s Elementary shirt that day. The tie dye shirts will be arriving this week before the field trip. If you do not have a red Roberts shirt, you can purchase them in the cafeteria on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Also, please send a sack lunch for your child. We will be eating in our classroom when we return from the field trip.

IB Unit of Study

Please remember to return the IB homework, which was to find pictures of each season from your home country. You may send personal pictures from your home, or pictures from the internet or magazine.

Language Arts/Writing

Please continue to review your child’s sight words with them and have them read books in their home book bag every night. If they know the words, encourage them to begin reading it like the talk and using the punctuation marks to change their intonation (or the way they read the words). We want them to be able to read fluently and accurately.

- The students will begin to learn how to write about small moments in their lives. We want the students to be able to “zoom in” on one thing that happened to them and write in detail about it, eventually over many pages in a book.

Math

- What does (-) mean? What happens to a number when we take-away (subtract) from it? The students will be introduced to subtraction terminology and symbols using number stories and counters.
- Without words, how can we show someone how many of an object there is? Why is it important to know how to write numbers correctly? The students will practice with number writing and other numeration skills.
- What is an attribute? The students will be introduced to attribute blocks and to a game that helps children think about sorting rules.
- How can we tell if we are telling a joining or take-away number story? How do we know if we should use a (+) or a (-) symbol? The students will develop understanding of mathematical symbols and language in the context of addition and subtraction number stories.
Looking forward, have your student begin thinking about their 100th day collection project. It is located on the back of their January homework.

Science

- Students will sort pictures of different weather patterns. We will discuss the types of weather, what kind of clothes you wear in this weather, if the weather is dangerous.

- Students will sing a seasons song during calendar time.
- Students will learn about what a meteorologist does and have a chance to be a meteorologist to predict the weather for that day.
- Students will learn about the different tools meteorologists use to measure weather: a wind vane, thermometer, and rain gauge.

Social Studies

Students will begin learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and why we celebrate his life. We will do an experiment with a brown egg and a white egg to discover if they are the same or different on the inside, even though they are different colors on the outside. We will learn about MLK’s dream for equality for everyone. Then we will think about and write about our dreams.

Remember there is no school on Monday January 20th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.