Week 12

Dear Parents,

It’s the 12^th week of class. The weather had been dark and gloomy all week. It’s also starting to feel very chilly. But I’m glad because now I get to wear the sweaters that have been stored away!

This week we completed:

Reading: We read Spiders at Work. It is a story about many different types of spiders. We learned that black widow spiders are poisonous and can cause serious illness or death for humans. Tarantulas are big hairy spiders that may look dangerous but is not deadly.

Science: This week, we learned about adaptations that organisms have for survival. Some adaptations are for finding food or for reproducing. There are also a few kinds for defense, such as camouflage and mimicry. Animals can change their color or body shape for camouflage and they can also look like another animal for mimicry. We also learned about changing ecosystems. We learned that a big change in an ecosystem affects all the organisms that lived there. Some threats to organisms are hunting, pollution and natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, droughts, and fires.

Next week: We will take the chapter 4 science test and a vocabulary quiz. We will also read more about spiders.

Individual Student Comments:

Arvin is improving in his reading in class but still works too slowly on class work.

Chanel is improving since 2 weeks ago but is still working too slowly on class work.

Chloe is doing well in class and reads loudly and fluently.

Lily is doing well in class but sometimes reads too softly.

Roy is improving on writing more clearly and neatly but can still improve more.

Sam is doing well in class but needs to improve the neatness of his writing.

Timmy is doing well in class and reads more loudly now.

Allen needs to improve on writing neatly and smaller.

Edwin is doing well in class but I hope he can improve his writing.

Gene is doing well in class.

Harris is still making improvements. His writing is much more neatly now!

Joshua is working on reading questions more carefully and writing neatly.

Samson is doing well in class.

Have a great weekend!

Teacher Alice