This week we're doing a unit based on the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. The book talks about sharing, and we've also discussed being friends, copycats, including others, and being brave. Our focus is on character traits and feelings!
We've easily tied this into Science, since our new topic for the week just happened to be FISH! We have now learned about mammals, birds, and fish. Just have amphibians, insects, and reptiles left before we've covered all of the animals!
On Friday afternoon, we will be having a culminating activity for the week by watching Finding Nemo. We will discuss character traits and feelings, as well as talk about the underwater habitat and features of a fish! I feel that this is an educational way to reward the students for all of their hard-work this quarter!
In Math, the boys are working on rounding numbers to the tens and hundreds. The girls are learning about ordinal numbers (first, second, third) and continue to practice one more, one less! All of the students have learned a game called Speed Math that they should be playing at home to reinforce basic addition math facts! (All that is needed to play are a deck of cards (take out the face cards) and two players. Each player starts with half the stack. Players flip over their top card at the same time. Whichever player can add the two numbers together first, takes the cards. The goal is to get all of the cards. We're playing with addition now, but it can easily be adapted to multiplication for older students and as we progress in the year!)
In Bible this week, we're talking about building good reputations. We're using Daniel as our Biblical example. We'll keep going with Daniel next week and get into the story of the fiery furnace. Our verse is "The Living God rescues and saves; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth." - Daniel 6:16
Remember that next week, there is no school on Friday (Hari Raya Haji). The following week will be the end of the first quarter, Fall Fest (Nov. 1, half day!), and the beginning of the second quarter!
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