Looking Ahead:
- Saturday, Dec. 2: Reindeer Run and Breakfast with the Grinch
- Thursday, December 14: Discovery Gateway comes to Quest Kindergarten classes
- Friday, December 15: Class Winter Party (Volunteer Sign Up). (Student’s are welcome to wear comfy pajamas today as part of the
$1 Dress DownFree Dress Down Day) - December 16-January 1: Winter Break- No School
Here’s a quick overview of new things we learned this week:
Comprehension strategy/skill: “Ask and Answer Questions” and “Topic and Details” . We read two informational texts and a tale from Puerto Rico (“Little Juan and the Cooking Pot”) to go along with our theme “What do people use to do their job?”
New High Frequency Word: “you”
Phonics:blend and isolate sounds in CVC words. New sound/spelling: Oo
Vocabulary: equipment, uniform, utensils, expect, remained
Math: Lesson 16 “Count, Read, and Write Numbers 11-20″
Science: This week, students learned a key idea about forces: how pushes can change the direction and speed of an object’s movement. We learned how some mountain towns in danger of landslides can build structures to protect themselves from falling rocks. Students designed and tested their own solutions to re-direct falling boulders away from their town and toward a waiting dump truck.