Today we had a special assembly brought to us by the Woodbury Heights Municipal Alliance. Jonathon Sprout came to our school and sang songs about famous Americans. We talked about these Americans earlier in the week and how each of them overcame difficulties and became famous. Ask your child about Wilma Rudolph, John Muir, Elizabeth Blackwell, Thomas Jefferson or Milton Hershey... The students had a lot of fun in the assembly. We even had a few dancers!!
Our theme is reading this week has been focused on creating images in your mind using your senses when reading a book. This is something you can practice at home with your child as you read them a story.
We had another math test this week. The students performed very well on this test. New this year in math, is an open response question on the math test. These questions are designed so that the student needs to explain how to solve the problem. The reason for this is to prepare the students for the future in which they will need to be able to answer these type of questions. Up to now, I have not sent these questions home with the math test but will be in the future. They can be rather difficult and will not count against them if they are not correct. It is just so that they get used to handling this kind of question.
In social studies, we are still learning about maps and map features. This week in science, we started the next phase of motion...rolling. We used ramps and wheels and axles!!
Next week is my favorite week of all HALLOWEEN!! Let's hope the hurricane doesn't spoil it for us!!
