Happy Valentine's Day
February 6, 2015
Nora
Reminders
Great America Reading Logs - are due February 23rd.
Book Collection - Elizabeth Ide Book Drive will continue through February 27th.
Valentine's Day Class Party - will be on Thursday, children that would like to pass out cards should bring them to school by Thursday morning. We have 18 children in our classroom.
*We are looking for donations to decorate our boxes.
We will read That Book Woman by Heather Henson. It's a story that honors a special part of American History - the Pack Horse Librarians, who helped untold numbers of children see the stories amid the chicken scratch, and made them into lifetime readers.
Focus
- how illustrations help us better understand character, setting and plot
- identify - characters, setting and plot
- beginning - middle - end
- vocabulary: plowing, dusky, scholar, britches, passel, yearn
- essential question: How can one person's act of kindness make a difference in a community?
Math
- estimate to select 2 numbers that have a given difference
- given a quantity and one of its parts, find the missing part by counting on or counting back
- use models to subtract 3-digit numbers with regrouping
Our Earth's Resources - we will learn how
- people depend on the physical environment and its resources to meet their needs
- we can conserve and replenish natural resources
Homework
Reading - read for 20 minutes and complete Reading Log
Math - practice facts, workbook page
Spelling - practice words
