Weekly update for the week of Oct. 17th, 2016

Hello Parents,

Please see what happened during the week.

SUBJECT DESCRIPTION PARENT TIP
MATH -Assessment on Unit 1

-Measure to the nearest inch and half inch

-Estimate and measure customary units of length

Pick some objects around the house and ask your child what unit of measurement(inch, feet, yard or mile) they will use to measure the length.
READING -More work on identifying fact and fiction.

-Comprehension strategies using questioning.

-Identifying the main idea and supporting details from a paragraph.

After reading with your child get them to come with questions that they could ask about the passage. Use who, why what, where, how, and explain type questions.
GRAMMAR Review on Unit 1.

Assessment on Unit 1.

 
SCIENCE Explain the relationship between animals and plants through a food chain.

What is an Ecosystem.

Parts of an Ecosystem.

Ask child explain the meaning of the terms:- producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, predator, prey, habitat, community and population.
SOCIAL STUDIES Students did oral presentations on their traditional Caymanian houses.  
BIBLE The role that John the Baptist played in the baptism of Jesus. Ask child to describe what John might have looked like, what he ate and what he said about Jesus.

What was unusual about Jesus’s baptism?

ART Missed due to Spelling Bee