MLK DAY of SERVICE
January 15th-MLK Day of Service (Kindergarten is in charge of bringing in brushes, combs and hairties. Please bring these in as soon as possible.
Spanish Expo Performance Schedule - January 25th
Kindergarten will perform 5 short songs on the stage from 5:00pm-5:20pm
1st grade will perform 3 short songs on the stage from 5:30pm-5:50pm
2nd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:00pm-6:20pm
3rd grade will perform 2 longer songs on the stage from 6:30pm-6:50pm
MATH
Math Interim Week--Please make sure your child is getting enough sleep so they are ready for testing!
During the months of November, December, and January students will work on the following skills:
- · numbers 0-20 (ordering, identifying, representing, and writing)
- · tally marks
- · matching and sorting: shapes
- · reviewing 2 -dimensional shapes
- · patterns :ABC and ABB
- · comparing, ordering, and measuring using non-standard units of measurement and with a ruler in inches
We are reviewing this week for Math on above standards. Our Math Interim is next week-January 8-12th.
LITERATURE
Focus: Problem and Solution
King Bidgood's In the Bathtub
Miss Nelson is Missing
MLK Books
We are also going over classroom and school rules this week, along with how we solve problems, and how to use the Emotional ABC's.
CORE KNOWLEDGE
Native Americans--This unit introduces students to the concept that indigenous people lived on the continents of North and South America long before European explorers visited and settled in this area. Students will learn that there were many, many different tribes of Native Americans, and that each tribe had its own way of eating, dressing, and living, depending on where they lived. Students will learn abou three tribes in particular: the Lakota Sioux of the Great Plains region, and the Wampanoag and the Lenape, both of the Eastern Woodlands region. They will begin to understand how different geographical regions influenced different lifestyles. Students will learn that each Native American group has its own distinctive culture. 