Week of January 14th

Report cards were sent home on Friday.  Please sign and return.  I will send you a copy home once I receive the signed one.

Language Arts: this week we will read The Big Circle, the genre is fiction.  We will be working on story sequencing.  The spelling pattern this week is long o spelled o_e, and contractions.

Math: we will continue comparing and ordering numbers and also using the hundred chart

Science: we will working on seasons and weather

PYP: we will begin working on a new planner this week: How We Organize Ourselves.  The central idea is Interactions throughout communities reflect the cultures of the world.  The lines of inquiry are: similar and different needs and wants around the world; roles and responsibilities of a community's members; resources of different cultures.

Miscellaneous:
1. I wanted to let you all know that Mohammad has returned to his country, he was here for only a short while; we also got a new student, her name is Jood, please welcome her when you get a chance.
2. I will be conducting the TPRI (Texas Primary Reading Inventory) with each student over the next two weeks.