Monday and Tuesday 10/20-10/21

It was a nice restful break. Today and yesterday was the start of lots of fun activities in our new unit of study, US History and Government. We are going to be learning about the National Level of Government this week. Specifically we will learn about the 3 branches of government at the National level.

Reading/Social Studies: In computers today we looked at fun facts about the white house. Go to the computer blog for 10/21 and find the link to learn more! Monday we read the song Three Ring Circus and learned about the 3 branches. We learned who was in the branch, what they do, and where they do it. We are also learning the song Mighty Presidents. Each night for homework students should be reading different verses to the song.
***Can you name the 3 branches of government? Who is in charge of each branch? Where does that branch work? ***

---NEXT MONDAY - students should have the preamble to the Constitution memorized. They will be reciting it as a class. ---

Morning Work:
Quick Read- We are reading about the redwood tree this week. Students are learning about comparisons.
Quick Write-This week we are learning about words with silent e, end marks, proper nouns, and sentences or fragments.

Math: We started chapter 4 this week. This chapter is on multiplication. Here is a sample of the kind of problems we have done so far. ***There are 4 boxes of pencils and 6 in each box. How many pencils are there all together?***

Character Counts: Mrs. Jones came to visit our class on Monday. We learned all about Trust. Ask you child about the blind fold game that we played! Also, we talked about different people that we do trust and people who need to earn our trust. *** Who were the 2 famous people we talked about that are trying to earn our trust? ***