Week of August 19-23, 2013

Thank you to all the parents that came to Curriculum night.  It was good to see all of you and talk about this coming year.  We had a fun week exploring the Frog Prince, learning about what history is, and performing some science experiments.  I hope that you asked your children about some of the fun things that we learned did.

Here is what we will be learning about this coming week: 

Literature: We will be reading and studying Hansel and Gretel this week by the Brothers Grimm.  The children will discuss the elements of fairy tales, do some sequencing of events, and, at the end of the week, get to participate in a reader's theater of the story.

Science: This week the students will be introduced to atoms and matter.  We will talk about the different states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) and learn that there are more than 100 different elements or atoms.

History: We will start our study of Ancient Mesopotamia this week.  This will include studying the map of Ancient Mesopotamia and learning about the places and geographic features.  We will end the week learning about inventions from Ancient Mesopotamia that we still use today.

Reading: We are working on getting all the reading logs and reading books ready to send home.  We are hoping to have books start coming home sometime this week.

We really appreciate all the support that you give to your students and to us and hope that you have a wonderful week.

Reminders: 

• If you have not sent in a white pillowcase, please do so as soon as possible so that we can make our scientist lab coats.