Our
field trip to Dr. Worman’s dentist office was not only informative, but also
enjoyable. Many thanks for the invitation. The children will each being writing
thank you notes that we will be sending to them.
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| Nicholas reclines and looks at the tv monitor above. |
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| Dr. Worman welcomes our class in her waiting area. |
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| The dental hygienist shares her tools that blow air, water, and suck up all the extra. |
Math: We will conclude our telling time unit
with each child making a clock book about different ways to tell time: second,
minute, hour, week, etc. The class enjoyed bringing in their bag of coins. We
will be using these to help the children learn the names and values of each
coin.
Word Work: The focus vowel is the letter “o.”
We will build words with “o” such as jog and hot. We added ten new words
to our Word Wall. Copies will be coming home this week.
Reading: This week we will continue to read non-fiction
books, including everything from books about the planets, animals, famous
people, etc.
Writing: We are finishing our writing unit on
revision. The stories will be checked to see how well each child remembered
ways to make their good writing even better. In connection with reading
non-fiction books, we will begin our new writing unit, on “How To” books where
we will teach others how to do things that we already know how to do, such as
making a sandwich and brushing our own teeth.
Social Studies: After writing information
stories about Abraham Lincoln, we will resume our discussions and activities
about houses by planning our dream houses.
Science: In upcoming weeks our science
investigations will include both solids and liquids. This week we will explore
our collection of 20 objects checking them for their degrees of hardness.
Technology: Integrating our study of
houses and our use of Pixie software, the children used the shape tools to
create a picture of their home and then the text box to write a description
using color words.
Guidance:
Ms. Fierce has taught us conflict resolution. Some situations, such as who will take the first turn, might
be solved with Rock, Paper, Scissors.
Other times call for a discussion.
The children have practiced using the other person’s name and telling
them what the bother is. An
example…”Suzie, it hurts my feelings when you ignore me during recess.” Or,
“Robert, I don’t like it when you play keep away with the ball. I want to play too.”
Events to Calendar:
Tuesday, February 26th, is class picture day.
Weather prevailing, photos will be taken outside in the courtyard area.
Wednesday, February 27th, is our field trip to
Lowry Park Zoo. We invite each and every parent to join us on the full
day of fun and learning. Each child needs a bag lunch from home unless their families have ordered a bag lunch from Sage in advance.
Thursday, February 28th, kicks off the 2013
Relay for Life with a cookout and the paper links project. Forms and
donation envelopes will be coming home soon.
Thursday, February 28th, is report card day.
Please visit Netclassroom to access your child's online report.
Thursday, February 28th, we will see the third
grade performance about America.
Friday, March 1st, we invite you and
yours to join our class for a celebration of revision writing. The class will be sharing a published
piece that includes drafting, revision, and publishing with a “prettying up” with
flair pens and colored pencils.
Please join us from 2:00 for readings and refreshments.
