Monday, December 7, 2009
And the answer is...
Three thousand ninety eight and sixteen thousandths is written as ...3098.016! Congratulations to all the students who voted correctly!
Friday PE
We will have grade level Physical Education once again this Friday in addition to our regular session on Wednesday morning. With the temperature becoming more frigid, please encourage your child to dress in layers. At times, children want to take off heavy down coats as they run around in the yard, so it would be helpful to have a light hoodie/ cardigan to wear as they exercise.
Museum of the City of New York
With the brisk weather and slow holiday traffic, it was such a comfort to have such terrific helpers, Ms. Carmody, Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Klot, Mrs. McClintock, Mrs. Noda, Mrs. Rodriguez, and Mrs. Tortorelli, on our field trip today. Thank you kindly for all your help! The trip to the Museum was very educational and our children received so many compliments on their smart responses. Each child also received a family pass for the museum. Please do enjoy!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Monday's Trip
The class will be going to the Museum of the City of New York this Monday. There are nine chaperones who signed up for the trip. My apologies that I was unable to get the usual letter out to you. Your child was told you were confirmed.
Please meet us at the front desk at 9:15.
We are expected at the Museum at 10:00 for a 90 minute workshop called Leave it to Beaver. The children will be asked to check their lunches. We will be eating in Central Park afterwards (weather permitting) before returning to the school. The class knows they should bring a towel to sit on for lunchtime.
Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for an outdoor lunch.
Thank you for your support!
Please meet us at the front desk at 9:15.
We are expected at the Museum at 10:00 for a 90 minute workshop called Leave it to Beaver. The children will be asked to check their lunches. We will be eating in Central Park afterwards (weather permitting) before returning to the school. The class knows they should bring a towel to sit on for lunchtime.
Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for an outdoor lunch.
Thank you for your support!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
December Units of Study
Literacy
Students will continue to read Nonfiction Texts and work on a genre of their choice for their independent reading. In the middle of the month we will introduce Fantasy and immerse ourselves in reading this genre so that we can better write Fantasy next month.
In Writer’s Workshop, children will continue their work on Essays. Children are challenging themselves to write Essays that require content knowledge. Some have been incorporating the reading they've been doing in Social Studies in the writing they are doing!
In Word Study/ Grammar, we will focus on writing paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting evidence. We will continue our spelling work with -er, double consonants and other spelling patterns.
Math
We will work with decimals and metric measurements. Decimals present a challenge to most children as they shift from whole numbers to numbers that show parts of a unit. Whenever there is a chance, please point out how decimals appear in our world (money, measurements, small containers, etc) .
Social Studies
We will continue our study of Europeans, Africans and Native Americans during Colonial America. We will work on a explorers till we take our trip to the Museum of the City of New York. Then we will learn about some of the early establishments in New Amsterdam and determine the reasons people came to settle in this New World.
Students will continue to read Nonfiction Texts and work on a genre of their choice for their independent reading. In the middle of the month we will introduce Fantasy and immerse ourselves in reading this genre so that we can better write Fantasy next month.
In Writer’s Workshop, children will continue their work on Essays. Children are challenging themselves to write Essays that require content knowledge. Some have been incorporating the reading they've been doing in Social Studies in the writing they are doing!
In Word Study/ Grammar, we will focus on writing paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting evidence. We will continue our spelling work with -er, double consonants and other spelling patterns.
Math
We will work with decimals and metric measurements. Decimals present a challenge to most children as they shift from whole numbers to numbers that show parts of a unit. Whenever there is a chance, please point out how decimals appear in our world (money, measurements, small containers, etc) .
Social Studies
We will continue our study of Europeans, Africans and Native Americans during Colonial America. We will work on a explorers till we take our trip to the Museum of the City of New York. Then we will learn about some of the early establishments in New Amsterdam and determine the reasons people came to settle in this New World.
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