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This week our essential question was "How do people get along?" We talked about cooperation. We read stories about how children can cooperate with each other. We even read a story about another school and how the students created a bully-free zone. This sparked quite a conversation about what bullying means and what it looks like.
We practiced summarizing this week in reading and in writing. We also learned about idioms. Some of the idioms were unfamiliar to the students, like "hit the hay" or "letting the cat out of the bag".
This week in math we focused on money. We practiced putting money amounts in a calculator and played a fun game called Pick-a-coin. This can be easily played at home. You can draw a chart like this one. The students should be able to explain how to play.
We have been working on poetry in writing. This week we learned about two different forms of poetry, an acrostic poem and haiku. Then we started drafting poems about our favorite character, Humphrey and his friends. We will be participating in a school wide poetry contest. The students will be submitting poems about our one school, one book...Friendship According to Humphrey.
In social studies, we are learning about how communities change. They get bigger and smaller based on the communities' needs. This week, the students were given a picture of a community that was run down. They had to decide in groups what to do with the buildings in the community. Should the building be fixed up or torn down? Look for these at Best of Heights Night.
We continue to learn about solids, liquids and gas in science. To demonstrate how the particles are packed in these three states of matter, we created posters using cereal.
Next week is Jump Rope for Heart. Our class will be jumping on Monday. Please make sure your child is wearing comfortable clothing and sneakers. This is a fun activity that the students look forward to every year.
Have a nice weekend.
