December 7, 2012

This week math has been a "catch up" and review week. Students completed their money packets and reviewed calendar concepts. Please be sure to practice the order of the months at home. Next week we will start to learn how to tell time.

In science we began to learn about weather. We brainstormed for weather words and created weather symbols just like the meteorologists use. (We will be observing and recording the weather daily.) Our first experiment was learning about a weather thermometer. We observed what happens to the red line when we put the thermometer first in cold water and then in warm. Then, the students got to make their own model thermometers.

We are still at the beginning stages of learning to use the dictionary. Please ask your child what a guide word is. Each day this week we worked on alphabetizing and then determining which of our alphabetized words would fit between a given set of guide words. Please make sure to have a children's dictionary at home as they will be needed for homework and future book reports.

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah,

Hamorah Caren

Reminders:
The book report is due on December 18th.
The school talent show is December 14th at 12:15.