This week in Mrs. Zimmer's Class!

12/14 Holiday Music Program 8:45 AM

12/16 Field trip permission slip and money due

12/20 Field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium

*We are in need of at least 3 more chaperones and would love for you to join us!  Please let me know if you are willing to chaperone the field trip to the Baltimore Aquarium!

In Math, we still identifying tens and ones in 2 digit numbers, and adding with tens and ones.  We are illustrating our numbers using 10-sticks and ones, and working on expanded form.  We will also work on comparing two 2-digit numbers using the greater than, less than, or equal to symbols. We are solving story problems, using tens and ones, which you will see a few examples of on the homework.  Practicing these kinds of problems at home would be a great review! J

In Science, we have started to talk a lot about natural resources and how we use them.  Our focus is on water this week.  We will start talking about the ways to care for the Earth by reducing and reusing natural resources.  We will talk about what is recyclable or trash and students will create a sorting activity in their journals.  At the end of the week, students will be writing a promise to the Earth about a way they could improve the environment based on everything we discussed throughout the week. 

In Health, we will be talking about our emotions.  We will identify different ways of expressing feelings and emotions that contribute to getting along with others.  We will read the book Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day. We will complete an interactive journal activity for this lesson where students can describe how to express their emotions appropriately.

*We have been working very hard in our interactive Science/Health journals, so we are running very low on glue sticks.  If you could help our classroom by donating some more glue sticks for the class, I would appreciate it very much! :)