Good Afternoon,
I would like to start by wishing any and all of you who have served a Happy Veteran's Day and thank you for your service. I have two brothers who are both Marines and truly appreciate what comes with being a member of our armed services.
This week we received our first letters from our pen-pals. Once again, our pen-pals will be from Mr. Thurston's 1st & 2nd grade at Thatcher Brook Primary School. We read through the letters and I asked the students to highlight any questions that were asked of them. We then came up with other criteria that would need to be include in their responses. We will try to meet up with our pen-pals at least twice this year as well as write a few letters to each other.
In science, we continued to focus on our fist unit of the changing Earth. The 1st lesson had us focusing on maps and directional points. We will expand on this notion next week as Mr. Mongeon and I work with them on terms such as town, state, country, continent, oceans, lakes, rivers & compass rose. I am rewriting each science unit to meet my satisfaction and to maximize your child's learning and engagement. I am also trying to weave in parts of the new social studies curriculum to be able to cover the topics that are being asked of us. Our next unit of study will be States of Matter and Local Traditions. I am looking at developing a uni that focuses on the sugaring process. More to come on this.
NOTES:
*Ski and Skate Sale this weekend.
*Your child has reading homework this weekend. Please take a small moment from your weekend to have them complete their tasks.
Have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
