How amazing has this weather been?! The kids have been loving all the great weather and being able to get outside everyday in the fresh air and sunshine. But as they say, if winter doesn't come in January or February, we'll get winter in April!
Don't forget that the Magic show is tonight night! The kids are very excited to go and have been talking about this event for weeks. Also, Tuesday is Show What You Know night. Remember that you can also sign up for related arts on the Evening Street Newsletter. In our room it will be identical to our student-led conferences- playing math games and looking at writing. If you have missed that sign up here it is again:
Don't forget that the Magic show is tonight night! The kids are very excited to go and have been talking about this event for weeks. Also, Tuesday is Show What You Know night. Remember that you can also sign up for related arts on the Evening Street Newsletter. In our room it will be identical to our student-led conferences- playing math games and looking at writing. If you have missed that sign up here it is again:
There will be no new spelling words this next week as we are at the end of the second trimester and working on report cards. Instead we will be focusing on plurals and suffixes in general. Next week, the March calendars and newsletters will be making their way home.
Thanks to everyone for making the Valentines Day Party so much fun and a huge success! The kids had a blast with all the stuff that was planned and didn't seem to mind that there wasn't candy to pass out or receive :)
Thanks to everyone for making the Valentines Day Party so much fun and a huge success! The kids had a blast with all the stuff that was planned and didn't seem to mind that there wasn't candy to pass out or receive :)
In math we finished up area and fractions in Module 9 and took the test today. Next week we will be taking a break from our workbook (like in spelling) and be doing more with fractions such as equivalent fraction s and adding subtraction fractions with common denominator, along with learning about perimeter. Below are pictures from the past two weeks that involve projects, games, and investigations with area and fractions.
We have also changed things up in the workings! Now instead of math and ELA the kids are working in their vocabulary workbooks. They read passages together and then work independently using those words in various ways.
Since we finished up studying about plants last week, again we are taking a break from our workbooks . The kids are practicing "close reading" using the book Library Lion and doing various activities to enhance comprehension. With every "Rooted in Reading " book we do there is also a non-fiction book. Below you can see the kids are practicing their fluency, looking for main idea and details.
Finally, Shelley Gill came to visit our school today! The kids created a wonderful Alaskan ABC book to share with her. They used Google Drive and Google Draw for the first time to create this work and did really well! I posted several videos of her talking with the kids on SeeSaw as well.