This week we are continuing our lesson on westward expansion and the Oregon Trail. The independent reader for the week is "The Secret Valley" by Clyde Robert Bulla. We are also going to read "Iva Dunnit and the Big Wind". We will be working on suffixes (-ly, -ness, -ing, -ful, -est, and -able) as well as making words plural by adding /s/. Our spelling words are: feeling, eating, thankful, sickness, tallest, illness, readable, loading, badly, and saying. In addition, we are going to talk about how to write using descriptive and expressive words. In math we are continuing to strengthen addition and subtraction skills using Math-U-See with manipulatives.
On Monday and Tuesday Brigitta will be working on science lessons with DeeAnn. She will be creating two lapbooks on Monday (sharks and whales) and talking about land predators on Tuesday. Her predator for the week is the Tasmanian Devil of Australia.
Are you sure the Tasmanian Devil doesn't live in Levelland??
ReplyDeleteWow, you are going to be one busy girl. When you start talking about Texas history I'll loan you a book written by one of our relative. It is named Two Glass Buttons. I think you would really like to read about our family within Texas history!
The Tasmanian devils are carnivorous marsupials and nocturnal hunters.
ReplyDeleteBrigitta, see what else you can find out about these cute carnivorous marsupials!!