Week of December 4th-8th

This week we focused on cause and effect and more specifically on how the seasons effect people, plants, animals. We read the story Snowy Day at the beginning of the week and found various cause and effects in the story, and then we also read Four Seasons for Little People and discussed the effects of each season. After building background knowledge about the four seasons and cause and effect, the students used the informational text, Seasons to help them gather facts about Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. The students then used the information they read throughout the week to help them complete their own Books of Seasons. We worked as a class to gather facts and write an acrostic poem about each season. The kids ended the week by writing about their favorite season, and they used facts from their Book of Seasons to help them with their writing.

 On Tuesday, Slugger visited CIS and Henry for an assembly. The kids enjoyed this engaging experience, while learning about the importance of teamwork.

In math, we finished up place value. We spent the week practicing comparing numbers as well as ordering numbers from greatest to least and from least to greatest. In order to meet the needs of each student,  I differentiated the instruction by placing them in small groups to work on specific skills. Some groups worked on place value to the thousands this past week as well as expanded form, while other groups focused strictly on ordering numbers and patterns. Although a lot of math work has not went home, your child is learning and completing lots of stuff in their math journal. Next week we will be reviewing and testing since the end of 2nd quarter is approaching. When we come back from break, we will begin addition to 20. Keep working on those facts to 10 at home.

Congrats to Ellis for being our Student of the Month winner for Kindness and Haddon for earning the reading award!