Tiger Prints
The students in primary are currently reading the Monarch Books in their classrooms. There are 20 books that are put on the Monarch list to encourage kids to read critically. The students will then vote on their favorite book and the winning book will be chosen. We will see if our vote matches what other students in Illinois chose!
To kick off the new year, third graders spent the week reviewing ELA and math skills as well as writing goals for this year. The students chose one word to focus on and described how they will reach this goal. We also began a new unit in social studies on economics. Students in 3/4 Brach have come back, and we reviewed expectations and routines. We used a frayer model to define our key vocabulary words from our novels The One and Only Ivan and Number the Stars. The students found the sentence the word is used in, used context clues to figure out the definition of the word, and they then used the definition to come up with 3 antonyms and synonyms for the word. Students also learned how to use text evidence to come up with the tone/mood of a story. Both classes also worked on using the hard/soft c and g to spell and decode words. In 5th grade this week, students reflected on 2024 and made personal and academic goals for the rest of this school year to set themselves up for success. They also wrapped up their science unit on ecosystems, creating a review guide with important terms and overarching ideas from the unit to study from before their test next week.
Spanish - We’re starting off the new year strong in Spanish class! The 8th graders began this new year reviewing stem-changing verbs through a friendly game of Battleship or batalla naval! Now, they are moving on to learning the vocabulary of the different parts of a house. The 7th graders are reviewing the verb ir and will be learning how to form their own questions. The 6th graders, in the meantime, will be learning how to talk about the weather.
