What’s
New in One and Two?
Week of November 18 - 22, 2013
*Reminders –
Student-led Conferences on Tues. and Wed. - Nov. 19 & 20
-
Boston Pizza lunch orders due on Friday, November 22
-
Hot Lunch Lady orders due on Monday, November 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY! MAYA NOV. 21
SCIENCE
We
are starting our next science unit this week called “Objects and Materials”. Later on in this unit we will be making our
own robots out of old/broken small appliances (hair blowers, radios, mixers, etc…). We will be cutting the electrical cords off
so they don’t have to work. We cannot
take old computers or TVs because of the unsafe materials. So please, start looking around your house
and ask your family for suitable appliances.
We will not need them until closer to Christmas time. Please do not send anything to school yet, we
don’t have room to store them. Thanks.
STUDENT-LED
CONFERENCES
The student-led
conferences are being held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday after school and
evening. Your child will be sharing
their learning portfolios with you.
There will be other families in the room at the same time. If you have not received a conference time
confirmation sheet yet or have not signed up for a time slot, please call the
office.
MATH
In
math class we have been working on addition.
We are learning the different ways to make each number (1+2=3, 2+1=3, 3+0=3,
0+3=3). All of these number sentences
belong to the house of three. Some
children count on their fingers, which does work, for a while. Some children draw a picture or tick marks. We have been working on using a number line to
add. Start at the first number and count
up the number of hops. We are also
working on knowing the facts automatically, by heart. You can help your child practice their
addition facts in a fun way at home. Ask
them some questions while driving in the car or while making dinner. Learning is increased if the problems are meaningful
and based on real life situations.
No comments:
Post a Comment