Ernie & Neal

This week we had an exciting visit from Ernie & Neal.  They came to our school to help us create a song for our class.  The lyrics of our song, "I'm a Bucket Filler," were written by the students themselves.  We have been practicing all week so that we will sound great at the concert tonight at 7:00.  Hope to see you all there!!

This week in reading we finished reading our book Westward to Oregon.  We listed the characters, the setting, the plot and the time.  We then compared that time in history to today. We also learned about similes and practiced using them in a sentence.  

In writing, we started writing a many moments story.  We are still learning from our mentor, Angela Johnson, how to write and what elements should be included in our writing.

We had some fun in math measuring our arm spans and how long we can jump from a standing position.  We then took this data and used it to complete tables, line plots and graphs.  The students will be having the next math assessment on Monday.  Look for these to come home next week to be signed and returned.

In Social Studies, we began our unit on different occupations.  We learned about how many jobs are service jobs.  In Science, we took our solids are tested a new property.....magnetism.  The solids were sorted on the basis of whether or not they are attracted to the magnet or not.  Next week, we will begin looking at liquids.

Finally, we discussed Groundhog Day and made predictions about whether or not the groundhog will see his shadow.  I hope winter is over!!!

Have a great weekend...