This week’s class motto is: Enter Silently/Exit Silently

Each week we will discuss a class motto. This is the second weekly motto. We will talk about how it is very important to move silently when exiting and entering the room. Silence assists in keeping order. It allows for instruction and ease of exiting. Upon entering the room, students understand the importance of remaining silent and engaging the next task.

I have a very strict classroom organization plan. I do not allow pencil cases, markers, crayons, rulers, or sharpeners in the desks. We have many books and notebooks, and space is limited. I will teach the students the order of their desks, and I will expect the desks stay this way. This organization plan truly helps students to not lose work, and stay on top of assignments.

This week in Class:

History: Students will continue the unit on maps. This is a great unit to begin with, as students will use maps throughout the year, even learning and memorizing ALL European countries and capitals, locations of great battles of the American Revolution, and kingdoms and cities of medieval Europe.

Science: Students will continue the unit on chemistry. This will lay a foundation for future units. Through observations, inference, and data collection, they will set the base for experimentation and discovery in the realm of science.

Language Arts: Spalding phonics continues. Students will take to task the phonograms, the pronunciations, and begin their spelling words. In grammar, we will take what we learned about what makes a good sentence, and further it into classifying. Literature continues with the next four chapters of The Princess and the Goblin.

Math: Students will continue to learn about whole numbers, number sense, ordering, and place value.