News and Notes:
- Cooking - we made our second recipe today - pancakes! The kids are doing a great job learning our Bennie kitchen procedures.
- Toys - If you have any broken or unused electronic toys - something that moved or made a noise or had lights - that you would be able to donate to our class for a science experiment please send them in on Monday.
- Homework - Most days, the kids have about 15 minutes at the end of the day to work on unfinished class work and/or their weekly homework packets!
What we're Learning:
- Language Arts - We are listening to "Love, Ruby Lavender" and working on building reading comprehension skills.
- Word study - All students have received their first set of spelling words. Two groups will test on Monday.
- Math - We'll finish up the first chapter on Monday. We have been studying place value.
- Social Studies - We are studying civics and specifically focusing on the constitution.
- Science - Our main focus this quarter will be energy - however we have detoured with a little bit of life science through our garden exploration and the new "class pets".
- Cooking - We'll be cooking Mayah's Chunky Applesauce this week in honor of the start of fall.
Upcoming Dates:
- Mon, Sept.26 - Run Club 3:30-4:00
- Wed, Sept. 28 - Picture Day
- Thurs, Sept 29 - Bennie Back to School Family PIcnic 6:00pm
- Fri, Sept 30 - AP Homecoming Parade 4:00
Wishlist:
- 2 cups sugar
- 28 apples
- Electronic, battery operated toys - will not be returned and DO NOT need to work!
Weekly Highlight:
Thanks to Larry & Ellen Templin we received a donation of 18 caterpillars of various sizes. We shared a few but are hosting 8 in our room. While harvesting parsley in the garden to feed our caterpillars we found 5!!! additional caterpillars eating the parsley! What an incredible afternoon!
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Ask Me:
What are the first three words of the constitution? What was part of the preamble was your poster about? (Examples - general welfare, domestic tranquility, establish justice)