Back to School

December is always such a crazy month, but now we're back at school and have three full months with almost no interuptions (look how empty the calendar is) except from those mother nature may still throw our way.

Here's what we will be working on in the weeks ahead as well as a midyear overview:
Math: We are on Unit 5, which deals with place value in whole numbers and decimals. This unit also deals with reading and writing large numbers. There are elevan units total in math so we will actually be a little ahead of scedule at the end of the first semester. That will be very helpful though as the lessons get more difficult second semester.
Language Arts: We are reading Centerfield Ballhawk this week. In this lesson we will also look at pronouns for grammar. For writing the students will be writing a persuasive letter. After this weeks story we have two more before the end of the unit and each story takes a week, so we will be half way done with the reading series right at the end of the first semester.
Science and Social Studies: We will be finishing up the Earth, Moon, and Sun unit in the next week or two. For the rest of January we'll study Antarctica and in February we'll read about Harriet Tubman.
Cursive: We will have finished all the letters by the end of the semester. At that point we'll begin using more cursive in our daily writing. We'll also write all our final copies of our writing pieces in cursive.