Oscar

The VIP of the week is Oscar. Oscar likes the number one and the color blue. He enjoys visiting El Dorado and sunflowers. Fernando is his friend. Have a great week Oscar!

This week in math we are moving on to addition. The kids are expected to know how to add numbers in the thousands place. However, with the skills they learn they will be able to add much greater numbers. On Monday they will be estimating sums. This means they will round the addends first and then add.
Example: 384 + 528 = ? ----> 400 + 500 = 900 .

In language arts we are continuing with the Ballad of Mulan. Last week we watched the Disney version of Mulan and we found what was the same and different in the book and movie. This week we will be rereading the story and answering questions about it. Our test will be on Friday.

We haven't gotten very far on our paragraph of My Bedroom in writing. Many unforseen things have popped up. Hopefully, we will really be able to begin describing our bedrooms in great depth.

In grammar we are continuing with nouns. This week we will be creating a noun quilt that we know you'll love to see at Back to School Night.

This week we will be starting our unit on American History. We will be focusing on how our government works and how laws are passed. We will also be investigating famous people, landmarks and symbols from our country. To end our unit we will be creating Famous America books. These books will be out at Open House in the Spring. Tuesday is Constitution Day, so classrooms all over America will be learning the same thing.