Twentieth Day of School

To date, students have been assigned two in-class math reports. All but 3 students have completed the first math report (pattern report). Four students have so far completed the second math report (train report). All completed reports are currently displayed.

Today we examined 4 distinct biomes and and the creatures who inhabit them. We also took a look at various geographical features and made observations.

As a part of our movement theme-of-the-week, we learned a song called Mi Cuerpo Hace Musica.

On Friday we finished learning the American Sign Language Alphabet and are waiting for the first person to sign the alphabet in front of the class.

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In our first unit of learning we will explore some of the things that make people unique. This week we will look at the characteristics of ourselves and others that make us special. Within this idea we will review the simple elegance of the Golden Rule for our Social Science lesson as we reinforce the importance of respecting the differences we discover in others (HSS 1.1.2).

For the first 3 weeks in Language Arts, we will review many of the concepts learned in Kindergarten. We will review the Kindergarten sight words as well as letter sounds and proper writing formation. We will also review rhyme and syllable segmentation. We will be reintroduced to our first thinking maps, the Circle Map and the Bubble Map as we learn how to describe ourselves in order to begin our first theme project: a book about ourselves.

In Math we will review number sense concepts emphasizing visual patterns and ideas for the numbers 0-12.

In Music we will discuss pitch and rhythm.

In PE we will focus on balance and cooperation.