Thursday Update

·      No School Monday.

·      If your child chose to complete the optional volcano experiment the final project display is due on Tuesday, they will then share all about their findings!

·      DENIM DAY tomorrow! Students can wear their jeans and a Chargers shirt or uniform.

·      Homework reading books are due on Tuesday, this way Mrs. Smith can swap them out! Don’t forget to place the laminated sheet inside, this way we can keep track of their previous reads.

Next Week:

Math- Students continue to work with numbers to 40.  We will be adding and subtracting double digit numbers by using the “making ten” strategy.  This concept will take time to initially develop, please take the time to talk and review math homework nightly.  I will also send home a resource page to better explain the strategy that we will be using to solve.

Science- We will wrap up our geology unit with shared optional projects and study guides.  Students will bring home study guides on Tuesday to review the 3 types of rocks, layers of the earth, and volcanoes.  To end the week we start our exciting solar system unit with introducing the sun! I look forward to exploring our solar system together!

History- Continuing onto our next ancient civilization tribe, the Aztec.  We will learn about their gradual development in southern and central Mexico.  Scholars will also learn about their vast empire, it’s capital of Tenochtitlan, and their emperor, Moctezuma.

Literature- We will be reading Anansi! Anansi is a trickster tale from Africa.  Featuring Anansi, a sneaky and sly spider.  Now that we have some non-fiction knowledge about spiders we will be reading a fictional text.  Students will continue to work on sequencing, character analysis, and text to self-connections.