The Week of August 21st

Weekly Newsletter

We had another eventful 2nd full week of school in Room 21. We started reading the book The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, which the students seem to love. Students also started biome work. This is a beautiful work that encompasses the Science, Reading, Writing and Art. We are still focusing on KINDNESS in the classroom and outside. Students are encouraged to continue practicing kindness at home, at the park, on the bus and anywhere they encounter friends.

Biome Reader Work

South America Biome Work

 Dates to Remember:

8/26         Fall Picture Day-Free Dress Up Day!
8/30         Parent Education-Cosmic and Cultural Education in the Lower                             Elementary Classroom-5:30 Media Center
8/30         PTA 6:30 Multipurpose Room
8/31         Maria Montessori's Birthday!

9/5           School Holiday- Labor Day
9/21         International Peace Day-Sing Along
9/22         Fall Equinox
9/30         Dress Down Day $1- Lymphoma (Proceeds to benefit Wyatt Rath)
                

10/18       Parent Education 5:30 PTA 6:30
10/24-28  Great Pumpkin Book Characters (Media Center)
10/28       Dress Down Day $1-Ellis Athletics Program
10/31       Halloween

Upcoming HEALTHY snack weeks for 22 students: 

Some suggestions for snack are: precut fruit (apples, grapes, bananas cut in half, oranges, etc.), precut vegetables with hummus for dipping, cheese and crackers, granola bars or chewies, trail mix, applesauce, hummus and crackers, yogurt or Gogurt, graham crackers…  The purpose of snack is to provide a nutritious energy booster when the students need it.  Please keep in mind the nutritional value when choosing a snack.  

           

8/22   Cori

8/29   Shelby

9/6     Jaylen

This Week's Lessons : (students continue to work on previous lessons)

Language/Reading

Writing Sentences

Writing Paragraphs

Informational Writing

Editing

Parts of Speech

Nonfiction Reading  

Cursive Letter H

Arithmetic 
Bead Cabinet-Skip Counting

Checker Board Multiplication

Golden Beads Addition
Golden Beads Division

Stamp Game +x-/

Graphing

Geometry-

Geometric Shapes- Faces, Vertices, Edges 

Science:

Biomes

Months of the Year
Seasons

Social Studies:

Historical Figure Research

Maps

South America
Ancient Greece
Olympics

Practical Life:

Zoology