I hope that everyone had a restful long weekend. I appreciated meeting with everyone to discuss your children's progress.
Reading -
We have just read an information text called "Then and Now" which compares things from long ago to things that we have today. Talk with your child about toys and technology that you grew up with and compare your childhood expereiences with theirs.
Writing -
We have been writing daily for several weeks now. The children are making great progress getting their ideas down on paper. We are working on expressing complete ideas, spelling words as they sound to the children, using capital and lower case letters appropriately, spacing words correctly, and ending sentences with a period.
Math -
We have been exploring the different ways to make the numbers up to ten. The children have modeled this with counters, coloring pictures, and drawings, and have also written number sentences represent the sums. We are now moving to writing the numbers 11 through 19 as the sum of 10 plus some ones.
Our 100th day celebration was very fun. We made 100th day crowns, name art, had a Hershey's Kiss treasure hunt, among other activities.
Religion -
We learned the story of David and Goliath last week. This coming week we will be learning how we can be doers of the word. Help your child think of practical ways they can share their faith with others.
Social Studies -
We are currently learning about the Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Obama. We have read stories about Washington and Lincoln and learned that Washington is seen on the dollar bill and the quarter. In the coming weeks we will learn more about Lincoln and the other Presidents listed above.
We will also spend some time learning about the Winter Olympics.
