Students’ Highlights 9/25/23 – 9/29/23
- Chapel- Performing Readers Theater, The Legend of Lightning Larry
- Music- Solo playing of piano or ukulele instruments
- Language Arts- reading When the Pigs Took Over
- Science- Building rolling devices and controlling where they roll
- Art- Making pumpkins like the artist Yayoi Kusama
- Math- describing data to answer questions
- Social Studies- Reading about resources that shape communities
- Spanish- Working on a project for the Day of the Dead Chapel
- PE- Catching and throwing footballs
Next week, students continue to learn reading comprehension skills while reading about nature’s balance. Students will learn to ask questions to make sure they understand what is happening and distinguish literal and non-literal language. Grammar lessons focus on types of sentences and contractions.
Math lessons next week, revolve around collecting data and representing categorical data with bar graphs and pictographs using a scale with intervals larger than one. Students will describe and interpret data considering how well a data representation communicates to an audience.
Social Studies Communities magazine develops students understanding of the factors that shape communities such as geography, natural resources, history, and culture. Students will be able to make connections with related titles:
Communities Change- Changes in economy, population, and topography can impact a community.- People and the Environment-The surrounding environment of a community affects the way people in that community live.
- Producers and Consumers- Businesses and workers provide goods and services to consumers in every community.
Reminders
- September 29th: Progress Reports come home
- October 1st: Students start logging daily the number of pages read on their Reading Log
- NOVEMBER 10TH: THIRD GRADE BAKE SALE
- November 21st: Grand Friends Day
- December 15th: Field Trip to Tucson Presidio
Spelling Lesson 8: Words with Double Consonants
- letter
- dollar
- happen
- better
- rabbit
- hammer
- soccer
- dinner
- zipper
- ladder
Welcome October, from Lightning Larry and the gang!
