This week started with me being gone unexpectedly, and updating the blog was lower on my list of priorities as I spent the last couple of days catching up. My apologies for this being so late this week!
Christian Studies:
This week in Christian Studies we’ll keep learning about the Israelites and we’ll
learn about them whining in the wilderness and Moses striking the rock for
water (rather than speaking to it, as God had instructed). We’ll then see a bright spot for them as they
follow God’s directions and God gives them the victory over Jericho!
Math:
This week’s math is lots of working with hundreds, tens, and ones. We used expanded form, which helps students
solidify their mastery of place value.
Then we’ll use number names and learn how to write the numbers in
words. We’ll use different ways to write
numbers (digits, as hundreds, tens, and ones, in words, and in expanded
form). We’ll also write numbers as
hundreds, tens, and ones, and also as just tens and ones. We’ll finish the week practicing reading,
writing, and showing numbers in different ways.
Language Arts:
This week’s phonics concept is a special kind of vowel team called a
diphthong. A diphthong is a sound made
up of two sounds that change from one to another. This week we’re spelling /oy/
with oi and oy. Oi is used when the
sound is at the beginning or middle of a word or syllable, and oy is used at
the end of a word or syllable.
We’ll also be looking
at our informational text Places We Go.
We’ll answer questions about the text and its features, such as headings
and what makes it informational text.
Science:
This week the students used the legend they made last week to create a map of
their model. Next week we’ll check our
maps and analyze the maps of others.
