Room 7
January 19, 2007
Friday’s Message:
Oratorical Fest
The Martin Luther King Oratorical Fest is next Friday. The attached flyer was sent home before the winter break. If your child is planning to participate, s/he needs to bring the completed form next Monday. Your child must have their “piece” memorized.
Teachers will be coaching students at lunchtime next week. Please let me know if your child is participating so s/he can be included in the program. Parents are invited to attend the Oratorical on Friday, January 26th at 10:20. (See Walkie-Talkie for details)
Class Participation in Oratorical
As a class, we will be reciting “We Shall Not Be Moved.” We started practicing the poem/song this week. Please help your child learn the words. Thank you.
Everybody Eats Bread
We will be starting a multicultural unit on breads around the world. Please let me know which country and the name of the bread your child will be bring in. If you would like to make the bread with the class, that would even be better!
Please sign up A.S.A.P. I’m hoping we’ll be able to taste a couple of kinds of bread a week. If we start soon, we may finish before Spring Break!
Student’s name__________________________________
Name of bread___________________________________
Country________________________________________
I would like to make this bread with the class______________
READING
Read and record in your Reading Log.
MATH
We’ve been playing coin memory and counting pennies, nickels, and dimes to make various amounts. Attached are some pictures of coins and their value. Have your child cut out the coins (I showed the students to cut the coins into strips, then into squares)
or use real coins.
Take your child shopping with you and/or use the grocery advertisement. Have your child read the cost of a dozen items that are less than one dollar (i.e. cost per pound).
Make a chart showing the name of the item, the cost, and the coins needed to pay for it. Your can tape real coins (the homework will be returned), use the picture coins attached, or draw coins.
Encourage your child two use more than two different coins when they are capable. If your child can count easily using a combination of pennies, nickels,and dimes, then use quarters.
WRITING
Imagine you found five dollars! What would you do with it and explain why.
SOCIAL STUDIES / Where my ancestors came from
In November we learned about the pilgrims coming to America from England. I’ve also read Captain Bill Pinkney’s Journey; it’s about the first African-American to travel by sailboat around the world by himself. As we’re reading, we learned that his ancestors came from Africa. I told the class my grandfathers, ancestors came from China.
Tell your child what countries their ancestors came from before coming to the United States. Help your child locate the country(ies) on the map provided. Draw a person in the country / countries. If the country is small, draw an arrow from the person to the country.) At the bottom of the map write the names of the countries your ancestors came from.
Then draw a house where YOU live. Color the ocean blue.
Room 7
January 12, 2007
Friday’s Message:
HAPPY NEW YEAR and we’re off to an exciting start. This week we started writing things for our time capsule. When we finish this project, your child will bring his/her time capsule home for safe keeping until 2008 (if you can wait that long).
Your child needs to bring a clean plastic container/ jar with a lid to put their writings in.
We will be working on this project for several weeks so you don’t have to rush to empty your jar of food. Bring the containers in by the end of the month or sooner. Thanks!
Your “homework” regarding the time capsule is to write a note to your child. Put the letter in a sealed envelope with his/her name on it. You or your child can put your letter in your his/her time capsule/plastic container when s/he brings it to school. If your child has already brought in their container, I will help your child put it in their container.
Martin Luther King Oratorical
Our school’s oratorical will be on January 26. A flyer was sent home regarding the Oratorical Fest before winter break (also check the Walkie-Talkie). If your child is planning to participate, s/he must memorize her/his speech by the 22nd. Several teachers will be helping students at lunchtime with their presentation during the week of the oratorical. If your child is interested in performing for the oratorical, please let me know.
Book Orders
Attached are book order forms. If you would like to purchase books, please return the order form and a check payable to Scholastic by next Friday, January 19.
READING
Read and record in your Reading Log.
WRITING
We’ve been learning about Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and his dream that all people live together in fairness and peace. Have your child write half a dozen sentences on how s/he will treat others to help make our world a better place for all.
MATH
We have been counting by fives, tens, and ones. Give your child 20 nickels, ten dimes, and a bunch of pennies. Have your child count the nickels by 5’s, then the dimes
by 10’s, and the number of pennies you have by 1’s.
Then do a combination of differing amounts of coins:
-nickels with pennies
We did this with 5 and 1 pound weights.
-dimes with pennies
We do this daily with the number of days we’re in school.
-dimes and nickels
-dimes, nickels, and pennies
We will be counting money next week.
Get practice at home.
Write to 100 by 5’s and 10’s. This writing portion needs to be turned in.
Keep the coins at home. Just practice counting the mixture of coins with your child as needed. (I will be introducing quarters later. If your child iis ready for it, certainly encourage him/her to use quarters)
LONG VOWEL SOUND
Students have had two sound-spellings for long vowel sounds. So far we have had / a / and / a _ e/ spelling for long vowel “ a “ and / i / and / i _e / for long vowel “i.”
Have your child make other words using the “a_e” spelling. We did this with some of the words from blending lessons. Have your child try to make 5 words for each given word pattern. Students are certainly encouraged to make more or use other long “a” and “i” word patterns.
ca_e _ane ri_e _ine
ma_e _ade li_e _ike
la_e _ate ti_e _ile