Week 5 flew by! In Language Arts we introduced letter
writing. Students wrote a letter to someone in school who’s made a difference.
Shout out to Mr. Steele, Ms. Kelly, Mrs. McGlamery, Uriel, Mr. Svatek, and the First Grade Teachers: our
students appreciate everything you do for them! In Social Studies we continued
to demonstrate our American Patriotism. We
introduced the U.S. Constitution and watched a
very interesting video. During Math block we learned all about place value. The Hot Tamales O’s were a big hit this week! We
created a place value foldable and used place value blocks to demonstrate
different ways to make a number. Students were able to demonstrate place value
in standard form, expanded form, and word form. Science really rocked this
week! We reviewed natural resources and introduced rocks and minerals. Students
enjoyed a nature walk around the school and collected rocks, identified rock
properties during our rock observations in the classrooms and in the Learning
Commons. Students explored a variety of rocks through station rotation in the
LC and referred to our 2nd grade rock bulletin in order to identify
the various rock properties. Science was not dull
at all this week! It’s all smooth sailing from this
week on!
September 17 was Constitution
Day. Here’s the link to the new 2015-2016 Constitution Day video, which
features students from Christie, Carpenter, Clark, and Plano Senior HS.
Constitution Day video (length
-- 5:00):
Watch the video below- One of my favorites from the 1970's!
