You might be wondering why I've put a picture of the American flag on this blog post. This flag represents the Pledge of Allegiance. Yes, your children have known how to say the Pledge for years. But in the past 2 weeks, they have also learned how to SIGN the Pledge of Allegiance. Now they can not only recite the Pledge, but also use Sign Language to communicate it as well. We are eagerly looking forward to when it will be our week to Say AND Sign the Pledge on the morning news program. I began teaching the class the pledge to give them insight into the special needs of others and to increase acceptance of others. I also feel it is helpful for students to have an introduction to a language very different from their own. We have many students who know a 2nd language (or perhaps a 1st language) other than English. But for those who do not, learning a few signs this year will help them to better understand the English language (both written and spoken) by having a means of comparison. In other subjects, we have fallen into a routine with our daily schedule. This week, we will complete our first 4 1/2 weeks (the first half) of the first quarter. Progress Reports will go home on Friday, September 6. Here's what we've been up to in each of our subjects (both last week and this upcoming week): Reading: We have been reading a class book, Home of the Brave. This narrative story is helping us learn how to read for perspective in the books we read individually. We have begun reader's responses, and have had lessons on context clues and will work on figurative language this week. Social Studies: Our focus has been citizenship, rights and responsibilities, and voting. We have looked at the Constitution and the Amendments. Math: Our first unit was the Order of Operations (PEMDAS). We have learned that problems with multiple operations have to be completed in a certain order of operations. Last week, we moved on to comparing how to write out these problems in numberic form and written form. This week, we will review place value to be sure that students have a good grasp of large numbers so we can continue into multi-digit math problems. ***Remember to be studying math facts daily! Students are working to demonstrate mastery of the multiplication facts through 12s. Science: We have been studying Constructive and Deconstructive processes of Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition. Last week, we had a quiz on these processes. This week, we will continue with a STEM project and a fun foods lab. Writing: To compliment our Narrative Reading unit, we are working on our own narratives in Writing. Students have been working to write imaginative, but true stories from their own experiences. We've discussed how readers get their ideas, then how we write to help other's be able to "see" the story from "our eyes". In addition, we have begun daily grammar lessons as well. We not only need to be able to write stories to engage others, these stories need to have good grammar, spelling, and punctuation! ***Reminders: Wednesday, August 28th is an Early Release Day. Be sure to arrange for where your child will go when school gets out early. Monday, September 2nd is Labor Day. School is closed. Enjoy your 3 day weekend!
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