It certainly feels like winter! Your children are more than welcome to bring hats, gloves, and scarves to school. I like to have a few minutes of recess to release some energy and soak up some sunshine, but of course only if the temperatures are reasonable!
Reading: This week we will be looking at sequence and how important it is to notice the sequence of events in stories. We will also be finishing Number the Stars and discussing the bravery that Annemarie and her family show throughout the story as they help their Jewish friends escape to neutral Sweden. We have learned a lot about World War II in our discussion of this book and the kids have truly been passionate about the events they are reading about. I encourage you to discuss this book with your children! Our vocabulary words this week are: implored, subsided, consumed, scornfully, enraged, intently, withering, strained, and gestured.
Spelling: The focus this week is on words that end with the /j/ and /s/ sound, such as dodge and glance.
Language: Adverbs continue to be our grammar focus this week with a focus on good and well as well as changing adjectives into adverbs. There will most likely be a test on Friday of this week.
Math: The students are continuing to work on their division menus this week as they put into the play the different division strategies they have learned.
Alabama History: We will be discussing the five capitals (yes, there were five different capitals) of Alabama and why the capital moved so frequently. We will also what life was like in early Alabama around the early 1800s as well as the economy of Alabama at that time.
Science: We will finish our discussion of technology benefits from space travel and begin our exciting unit of electricity later in the week!
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