Weekly Times January 25

Weekly Times 

January 21-25, 2013

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Welcome to our new students Aidan and Nefeli!

Units of Inquiry
EARN, SPEND, SAVE, GIVE - How We Organize Ourselves
Class Economy with Single Subject Sterling - salary paid for going to classes
Class Economy with "salary" and "bills" in Euro as well as converting Single Subject Sterling to Euro
Class Shops - selling, buying and reflecting on the process
"Saving for a Rainy Day" - "problem" with the electricity and students had to "pay" to fix this unexpected problem - reflection and discussion
"Caine's Arcade" - video and discussion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9c-4dX4Hk
"Saturday Sancocho" - story and activity - lesson on trade and bartering


Language
Spelling - the vowel suffixes -ing and -ed
Grammar - Antonyms
Writing - editing practice with our Reading Journal letters
Read alouds: Berenstein Bears Trouble with Money, Saturday Sancocho
Typing practice on Thursdays for half an hour

Peer Leader - 
Taling about feelings-angry/annoyed


Maths
Making change at the shops
Adding up and converting with money
Recognizing coin equivalencies
Measuring with grams and kilograms

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• Weekend Assignments:  - 
•  Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
•  Reading Journal - letter as usual