Dear Families,
Our trip to the Olympic Training Center was amazing! We were able to meet several athletes including some para-olympians. Our tour guide was terrific and your children were well-behaved. Many thanks to our parent volunteers: Misty, Nicole, Miles, and Mary Ann for supporting our class and keeping us safe. Our next trip is to the Pioneer Museum in February!
Parent Teacher Conferences have been so great! I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing each of you again and talking about your most precious possession…your baby! Thank you for carving out the time to come in and celebrate your child.
The Halloween Parade and Party are on Tuesday. The parade starts around 1:30 and parties are set to start following the parade. If you would like to help with the party, please let me know and I will connect you to our room mom, Amy.
Have a great week and thanks again for your support!
Mrs. P. 🙂
iPad Reading and Math Support:
Front Row: 7z2kkd
BrainPop: MSES/mustangs1
UPCOMING EVENTS:
10/31/17 ~ Halloween Parade and Party 1:30-2:45
11/2/17~ Fundraiser ends
11/10/17~Veterans’ Day Concert @10:00(auditorium)
11/20-24/17~Thanksgiving Break
STAR OF THE WEEK: 🙂 Quinn!
SPECIALS:
MON.~Art
TUES.~Music
WEDS.~PE
THURS.~Art
FRI.~Music
LANGUAGE ARTS (CKLA):
SKILLS:
The sounds and spellings taught in this unit are:
- /ae/ spelled ‘a_e’ (cake), ‘a’ (paper), ‘ai’ (wait), ‘ay’ (day)
- /oe/ spelled ‘o_e’ (home), ‘o’ (open), ‘oa’ (boat), ‘oe’ (toe)
- /ie/ spelled ‘i_e’ (bite), ‘i’ (biting), ‘ie’ (tie)
- /ue/ spelled ‘ue’ (cue), ‘u_e’ (cute), ‘u’ (unit)
- /aw/ spelled ‘aw’ (paw), ‘au’ (Paul), ‘augh’ (caught)
SPELLING: Bossy R: er, ar, or
- sister
- letter
- expert
- born
- sports
- short
- mark
- started
- backyard
- some (tricky word)
GRAMMAR:
Nouns/Verbs/Adjectives/Synonyms/Antonyms
Sentence Capitalization and Punctuation
“Quotation Marks” signaling dialogue
Personal Narrative/Writing Process
LISTENING AND LEARNING: The Ancient Greek Civilizations
“The Great Thinkers of Greece”
“Alexander The Great Part I
“Alexander The Great Part II
Domain Review: See objectives and vocabulary at the end of this post.
Assessment
MATH:
Chapter 3 ~ Subtraction up to 1,000
Subtraction WITH regrouping in the ones/tens places and over zeros!
SCIENCE:
Embedded in CKLA
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Students will:
Identify the area of ancient Greece on a map
Describe the terrain of ancient Greece and how it affected development
Locate Crete, the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea on a map
Define the term civilization
Define the term city-state
Explain that the ancient Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses
Identify Mount Olympus as the place the ancient Greeks believed was the home of the gods
Identify ancient Greece as the site of the original Olympic Games
Describe the Olympic Games of ancient Greece
Describe how the contributions of the ancient Greek civilization have influenced the present
Describe the city-state Sparta and the Spartan way of life
Explain that Athens is named after the goddess Athena
Describe the city-state Athens
Describe how Athenians worshipped Athena
Define the term democracy
Identify Athens as the birthplace of democracy
Explain how Athenian boys and girls were educated
Explain that women did not have as many rights as men in Greek society
Compare/contrast life in Sparta and Athens
Explain the significance of the Battles of Marathon and Thermopylae
Identify Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle as famous philosophers of ancient Greece
Describe the accomplishments of Alexander the Great
Vocabulary:
Lesson 1
boundaries contributions independently rugged unique
Lesson 2
delightfully longingly massive messenger summoned
Lesson 3
dedicate grove mission spectacle
Lesson 4
compete determination grand sacred victory
Lesson 5
conquest council discomfort permanently self-discipline
Lesson 6
blessing ideal ignite overjoyed swiftly
Lesson 7
achieve architecture assembly debated democracy
Lesson 8
avoid marathon mercy purposely tribute
Lesson 9
channel defeating deserted fate prefer
Lesson 10
affection astonishing marvelous philosopher proof
Lesson 11
ambitious devoted retreat tame
Lesson 12
attention flung invader proclaimed