Another busy week of 1st quarter!

Students are really enjoying our read aloud story The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith.  This story is about a boy named Peter Stokes who has to give up his most prized possession...his room, when Grandpa comes to live with them.  Peter loves his Grandpa but he wants his room back.  With the advice from his friends, will Peter used Gorilla Warfare on his own Grandpa?  Will Grandpa ever surrender?  The children are enjoying this humorous, witty, and very suspenseful story!!!

In language arts...

• Last week students learned about narrative nonfiction text.  They read a non-fiction text written like a story and had a narrator about a boy who takes care of his pet horse.  Our essential question this week was How do we care for animals?  Students learned how to look for key details in the text to ask and answer questions in nonfiction.  The standard covered was 2.RI.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. ​ 

• Then students read another story called Lola and Tiva about a girl who lives on a reservation in Africa and adopted a baby pet rhino.  Students compared how both the children in both stories take care of their pets using a three column chart. 

• In writing, students are worked a lot on their categorical narratives.  They began with a circle map to brainstorm ideas.  Students chose a topic of their choice.  Something that they did this summer with family or friends.  After brainstorming with a circle map, they categorized their ideas into a tree map with three big ideas.  

In math...​

• Students reviewed time on-the-hour and were introduced to time half-past the hour.  They learned the various ways to say and write a given time.  For example, 7:30, thirty minutes after 7, half-past seven, or seven thirty.  And of course students practiced with drawing the hour hand and the minute hand properly on the analog clock.  

Announcements & Reminders

• Picture Taking is this Wednesday.  Students do not need to wear their uniform shirt on this day.  Please bring payment if you're interested in purchasing a package.
• Field trip to Hawaii's Plantation Village is on Tuesday.  Disposable lunch, drink, and shoes are needed.  Please have your child arrive to school on time.  
• Spirit Week begins on Tuesday-Wacky hairday, Wednesday-Picture Perfect, Thursday-Friendship day, Friday-Free Dress