It was a great first week together at Cornerstone Charter Academy. Our class is really looking forward to this coming week where we are going to learn about Christopher Columbus. Don’t forget to remind your child to bring three personal items to share with the class on MONDAY for Discovery Day.
The students will also need one Ivory soap bar. We will be making soap boats which they are going to use to "race" their classmates. This will also give them a big of scientific skills as we talk about the buoyancy of the soap in water as well as using the concept of using their physical breath to propel the boat and the transfer of energy that moves the boat forward.
Finally, as part of our Discovery Day, we will also have a history and reading lesson which will be centered on Columbus Day. It will be educational and fun.
We started learning about the parts of a friendly letter this past week. The students will be writing you a letter to read at open house and you will have an opportunity (at open house) to write a response to their letter. Your letter will be read on Thursday when they come to class. We are going to continue a special book study for the balance of the week until we move on to the next story in our reading textbook.
We are reviewing a number of concepts in math including estimating, rounding, and place values. We will continue to review as we move on to addition and then subtraction. We are working on our ones multiplication table but if you would like to working on the twos and threes multiplication tables they will have a little bit of a head start. I find “flash” cards, which you can purchase at most bookstores or educational stores, to be helpful.
Don’t forget the elementary school open house is this Wednesday at 6:00 PM. I hope to see you there. I appreciate your continued patience as we develop new routines and procedures.
As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.
See you Wednesday night!
Mrs. Plumblee
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