How We Organize Ourselves Unit 2 Week 6

November 13th- November 16th, 2018

 

Welcome back to German week! 

   We are now in week 6 of our second Unit 

    "How we Organize Ourselves" 

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NOVEMBER 
PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES
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*Please notice the reflection that is attached to your child's homework this week. 
Fill it out with them Thursday and send it in on Friday with the homework if you would please :-) ​

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NOVEMBER CHALLENGE 

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This week: 
 MINIMUM DAYS for Conference
Welcome back to German Week!
**BOOK FAIR ALL WEEK IN THE LIBRARY!**

Monday- NO SCHOOL

Tuesday-  Minimum day dismissal at NOON

 Musik with Frau Claudia

Wednesday- Minimum day dismissal at NOON
 Gardening with Ms Shana
KC/KD FRIENDSHIP FEAST
11-12 on the Green Playground!
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Thursday- Minimum day dismissal at NOON
  

Friday- Minimum day dismissal at NOON
Library (remember your books!)

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Math:

CHAPTER 4- With minimum days and the close of our IB unit we will take a break with math for theis short 4 day week, however you can practice comparing numbers 1-10

and Greater than and Less than

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Writing:

We will continue to write short sentences 
Heute ist Montag,

Today is Monday....learning to start with a capital use two finger spaces and to always remember a period at the end. 
Our names are still on our list of things to continue to improve on.

This week we will continue our ABC der Tiere rap 
and learning the sounds of the German alphabet.  
The text can be found here.  

We will continue "reading" our ABC der Tiere Fibel 
which introduces the kids to syllables.... 
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Handwriting:

We will continue our handwriting curriculum,  
Handwriting Without Tears.  
This week we will focus on 
center starting capitals...

        

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Unit of Inquiry

How We Organize Ourselves!  

click here to find activities related to this unit

Weeks 1/2 we will start our "Haus" and we will talk about what rooms are in our house, what we use them for and why we have different rooms.

Weeks 3/4 We will talk about what rooms are usually upstairs and downstairs in a house.  We will talk about living room (Wohnzimmer) and kitchen (Kueche). We will discuss the purpose of each and what furniture belongs in each room.

Weeks 5/6 Students will discuss the bathroom (Badezimmer) and bedroom (Schlafzimmer) what their purpose is and the items in each room.

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German:

Word of the week:

Weeks 1/2 das Haus (how-s) the house

Weeks 3/4 die Schule (shoe-leh) the school

Weeks 5/6 die Ordnung (ordt-nungk) order/organization

Question of the week:

Weeks 1/2 What are all the different rooms in our house?  What do you do in each room?

Weeks 3/4 Why do we have so many different rooms in our house?  Why is it important to have different rooms?

Weeks 5/6 Name a system at home that helps us stay organized.  (i.e. closet for towels, forks in the drawer etc...)

 If you want to practice more German (click here) 

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IB Learner Profile:

Thinker & Cooperation

Our attribute for this unit is thinker. We are thinkers when we make good decisions and solve problems on our own. 

Our attitude for this unit is cooperation. 

We show cooperation when we work well with others, and maintain positive communication to work at a team to accomplish a task. 

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Please REMEMBER to label your child's belongings! 

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Classroom Wish list:

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Thank you for all the snacks, we could use some more cuties, apples and cheese sticks. 

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Wishing you a wonderful week!