Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed! We will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday on Tuesday, September 26th. Please have your child bring in a peeled, cored apple cut into slices or chunks to be used to make our own homemade applesauce in class that day. I will provide the rest of the necessary ingredients. Thanks!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Tues. 9/26: Johnny Appleseed's Birthday*Wed. 9/27: Early Dismissal
ELA: Quotation Mark Graded Review
* Friday 9/29: Scholastic Book Order for Sept. Due
Spelling: Word List 2: Test and 3 activities due
Math: Unit 1 Test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue our study of folktales and we explore fables. We will focus on context clues to decode difficult words, character traits, and story elements in our small groups. We will also celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday on Tuesday!
*English: We are learning about quotation marks and capitalization rules. We are learning how to use these in our personal narratives. We will continue to write and revise our personal narratives.
*Spelling: We will continue to work on our word list 2 this week. The test and 3 activities are due 9/29. Please check in with your child to see how many activities they have finished already.
*Science: We haven't started our science unit yet.
*Social Studies: We continue our study of maps and the world with our next unit on hemispheres. We will focus on the poles, equator, prime meridian, and hemispheres.
*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working on word problems with addition and subtraction. Student's have learned how to use PAL (showing their problem (equation), answer, and label). A practice test was sent home today and is due on Tues. 9/26. We will have our Unit 1 test on Friday. 9/29. The practice test also acts as their study guide.
Have a great weekend enjoying this warm SUMMER like weather!
Mrs. Olsen
