We are OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!
Room 14 has begun the new year studying outer space. A great website for kids to learn more to share with our class is:
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html
Another great site is :
http://www.kidsastronomy.com
Our Imagine It! story takes a look at the Sun. In spelling, we are learning about Galileo. The paragraph for this week is:
Star Light Star Bright
Galileo Galilei, an astronomer and scientist, lived in Italy 400 years ago. He curiously wondered about things in space. He heard by using concave lenses, which inwardly curve, and convex lenses, that outwardly curve, in a tube you could make things far off look like they were right in front of you. Galieleo was able to determine that the Milky Way had countless stars twinkling closely together and that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe. Clearly, his inquisitive mind prompted many discoveries.
In Math, we will be finishing up our division chapter. Students are doing very well understanding how to solve problems using a fact family, pictures, memorizing facts, or arrays.
Mid-term progress reports will be coming home on Friday. Please sign the envelopes and return them back to school with your child on Monday.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
January 11
This week we will be reading Uncle Jed's Barbershop. This is a historical fiction story about the Great Depression and segregation - as well as following your dreams. We will be discussing Martin Luther King Jr. and how this story connects with his dreams for our nation.
In math, we will be finishing up chapter 6 and starting chapter 7. Chapter 7 is also on dividing numbers.
Our spelling paragraph this week is:
Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous African American man. He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor who wanted equal rights for all people. He believed black and white people should no longer be separate. In 1953, he married Corretta Scott and had two children. He is famous for his speech "I Have A Dream" which he gave in 1963. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At the age of 39, he was killed in Tennessee. We honor him this year on January 18th.
Don't forget there will be Tri-City Americans information to come!
In math, we will be finishing up chapter 6 and starting chapter 7. Chapter 7 is also on dividing numbers.
Our spelling paragraph this week is:
Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous African American man. He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor who wanted equal rights for all people. He believed black and white people should no longer be separate. In 1953, he married Corretta Scott and had two children. He is famous for his speech "I Have A Dream" which he gave in 1963. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. At the age of 39, he was killed in Tennessee. We honor him this year on January 18th.
Don't forget there will be Tri-City Americans information to come!
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