Language Arts: this week we will read Life in the Forest.  The genre is expository text and we will be working on authors' purpose. The spelling pattern this week is long u spelled u_e, long e spelled e_e, and inflected ending -ed as in jumped, wanted, and poured.

Math: we will finish comparing numbers and begin working on $money$.  We have been working on Calendar Math since December and the kids have gotten so creative in the different ways they show the number of the day (date).

Science: the kids had a great time recording the temperature last week.  We have one more day to record.  We used WeatherBug as our source but when one of the kids asked how we knew that temperature reading was correct, it prompted our on observation: we hung thermometers on a tree by the First Grade wing.  It was a great way to evaluate the accuracy of  WeatherBug and also to hypothesize why they might be different.

PYP: we will continue working on 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. Bash Basket donations can be dropped off in the classroom, the deadline was extended through Jan. 25th
2. I will be at a PYP planning meeting, on campus, the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 23rd.
3. Early Dismissal (12:30) is scheduled for Wednesday, January 30th.