Students’ Highlights 3/11/24 – 3/15/24
- PE- played King Pin with older kiddos
- Music- Rehearsed Lava song
- Math- Unit Math test
- Language Arts- small group readers
- Social Studies- Tucson History Project kickoff
- Spanish- Reading books in the Spanish language
- Art- oil pastels in the style of Ted Harrison and drawings of our future careers
- Science- decomposing materials
Language Arts continues the theme From Past to Present. First, students will read a biography of blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson who added to the musical heritage of the United States. Then, they will compare the song lyrics and the biography text, noting their similar ideas and the differences of literary vs. informational language. Next, grammar studies include pronoun agreement for subject and object pronouns.
Math starts the week with understanding that fractional parts are constructed of unit fractions. Students will use representations to visualize how fractions relate to each other and are parts of a whole. Then, students will use notation for fractions with a numerator greater than 1 and use equations to represent how fractions relate to each other and to a whole. Next, students will represent fractions on a number line and explain why fractions are equivalent. Last, they will measure length to the nearest fourth inch and represent measurement data to the nearest fourth of an inch on a line plot.
The Tucson History unit of study has students preparing for Tucson History Day. The day will be scheduled soon and it is expected to happen in early to mid April. We will recreate a school day as it might have been in the year 1889. The students are encouraged to dress in period clothing. The girls may wear long skirts with blouses, or long dresses. The boys may wear long pants or denim jeans and a buttoned-down shirt. Several clothing items are available to borrow from Ms. Stalkfleet. T-shirts are not permitted, as they would have been considered underwear during the period being recreated. Acceptable accessories for the girls are straw hats, bonnets, hair ribbons, and shawls. Acceptable accessories for the boys are straw hats, suspenders, and neckerchiefs. If possible, students should not wear athletic shoes. Leather shoes or boots would be more appropriate.
Students provide their own lunches. To create the most authentic experience, all foods should be wrapped in wax paper, cloth wrapping, or plain brown paper. Plastic wrap, baggies, and aluminum foil did not exist in 1889 and therefore should not be used. The lunch should be packed into a container such as a small metal bucket, plain brown paper bag, or a cloth bag/bandana. Please, no modern lunch boxes or plastic containers.
Suggestions for lunches:
- Beef jerky
- Fresh vegetables
- Bean burro
- Tamales
- Jelly sandwich
- Biscuits
- Refried beans
- Tortillas
- Bacon sandwich
- Potato chips
- Hard boiled eggs
- Cookies; oatmeal, molasses, raisins, sugar, gingerbread
- Fresh fruit
- Hard candy
- Beverage suggestions: Water, Tea, Sarsaparilla
Reminders
- March 22: Library visit
- March 28: half Day 11:50 dismissal
- March 29-April 5: Easter Break
Spelling Lesson 26 Words with lf, mb, tch.
- half
- thumb
- match
- climb
- myself
- scratch
- pitcher
- shelf
- crumb
- kitchen