This week was our annual "Contraction Surgery". Dr. Taylor and I (Dr. Wells) performed surgery on our three patients: he is, is not and they will. They came to us asking to be turned into contractions. We removed the "i" from he is, the "o" from is not and the "wi" from they will. It was touch and go for a while with they will due to his more complicated surgery but we saved him and he's doing well today.
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| Dr. Wells and Dr. Taylor |
After Dr. Wells and Dr. Taylor performed their surgery, it was time for the medical students to perform surgery. They were each given a "patient" and asked to make it into a contraction. Then their patients were put into the recovery romm with Dr. Dennis to look after them.
This week was a review week for reading in preparation for a Unit test that will be given next week. We practiced finding the main idea and figuring out the author's purpose.
We finished up our unit on double digit addition and subtraction. Some of the students had a difficult time with the word problems which is very normal at this level. We will continue to work on them throughout the year.
In honor of Groundhog Day on Monday, we spent the week learning about and writing about groundhogs. The students were read a book and watched a video about groundhogs. They took notes with the information they learned and turned that information into a report. These will be displayed at Best of Heights night in the spring.
Keep in mind that next week is a short week. Wednesday is our Valentine's party so if you are having your child send cards they have to be in by then. Thursday is an inservice for teachers so therefore there is no school for students. Have a great long weekend!!
