From Ms. Burchard
January 18th
We had a good week despite the weather getting in the way. The children were very excited to write and draw pictures about what they did in the snow. What they wrote about brought back a lot of memories for me where my sisters and brother and I did some of the same things. Mrs. Odedra came and read a story to the children due to their terrific behavior in the cafeteria. I hope they have come home and told you about our winning of the golden spoon (behavior) and the golden dust pan (clean up) for in the cafeteria. (multiple times)
Reminders:
**The spelling test will be given this coming week.
**Monday, January 21st there is No school due to Martin Luther King Jr. day
**Friday, January 25th is early dismissal at 12:30 due to conferences. (by request) If you would like a conference, please let me know and we can set one up for Friday. Lunch will be served to the children.
**Monday, January 28th there is No School due a teacher workday.
Encore:
Monday- No school
Tuesday- Spanish
Wednesday- Music Library- 10:30-11:00
Thursday- Art
Friday- No encore because of the half day
In social studies the children started on their present day maps. They had to include a title for their map, a compass rose and a map legend. The children were doing a fantastic job with this. Their maps are looking wonderful!! Some of the children were able to finish but those that did not finish will have the opportunity to finish on Tuesday. As a class, we will design a map of the past (Jamestown).
In math we continued with out calendar activities. We also discussed equal to (6 + 4 = 4 + 6), greater then/less then and continued our work with solving story problems (showing their work and solving) The children can continue to work on math facts. Thank you to those of you who sent in index cards. My goal is to get to that activity this week; writing the math problems on the index cards.
In language arts the children did DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) with time added to help build stamina. I have encouraged the children to bring books from home if they want to so that they will have a book that will keep their attention the entire time. They also had the opportunity to get on the computer for RazKids and the IPADS to use for reinforcing learned skills. We also continued with our writing practice for opinion writing and free choice writing. The children were reminded to have capital letters, spacing, end punctuation and were encouraged to their word books to help with spelling.
Please continue to encourage your children to get on RazKids and do the follow up quiz.
Have a good weekend and be safe.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me by email or phone. My email address is burchamx@pwcs.edu. The school phone number is 703-530-1560.
