December 4th-8th

 

Homework was sent last week and is due Friday the 8th. There will be homework next week and then we will take a break until after we get back from winter break.  

 

Reading:

Unit 3 Week 1: How Do We Measure Time?

Comprehension strategy: Make and confirm predictions

Structural Analysis: Contractions with 'not'

Spelling words: Long a words

 

Writing: Elf writing and reading responses

 

*Similarities among coins, counting nickels, and pennies
*Lines of Symmetry

*measuring to the nearest inch

*Adding 10 to a 2-digit number

 

Religions:

Since religion is a shaping force in the story of civilization, Core Knowledge introduces children in the early grades to major world religions.  The focus is on geography, major symbols, and figures.  The purpose is not to explore matters of theology, but to introduce basic vocabulary for understanding many events in history.  The goal is to familiarize not proselytize.  To the question "Which one is true?" our response will be "People of different faiths believe different things to be true.  The best people to talk to about this are your parents."

Judaism-Belief in one God, Story of the Exodus (Moses), Israel, Chanukah, Star of David, Torah, synagogue

Christianity-grew out of Judaism, Jesus, the meaning of "messiah", Christmas, Easter, the symbol of the cross

Islam-Originated in Arabia, spread worldwide, followers are Muslims, Allah, Muhammad, Makkah, Qur'an, mosque, the symbol of crescent and star