Folktales, Fractions and Presidents

This week the elements of a Folktale were introduced.  Some of the elements include good vs. evil, events happen in 3's, happy endings, and characters are animals with human characteristics.  We read the story of Little Red Riding Hood and the chinese version Lon Po Po and compared their similarities and differences.

We will continue to read more folktales next week.  I have a few fun projects planned to go with them.

We started a fraction unit in Math.  We began looking at shaded parts of a whole.  We also began separate pennies into groups by fractions.  Next week we will be making fraction sundaes.  Keep an eye out for some pictures next week.

This week we introduced report writing.  The students were shown all of the presidents during a slide show and made some choices of which president they would like to research and write a report about. After doing some research in the computer lab, we are ready to write our reports.  These will be available for you to see and keep at Best of Heights night in April.

In Social Studies, we are still learning about service jobs and even created pantomimes to act the jobs out.  In Science, we just began our unit on liquids.  Our first lesson was comparing two liquids:  water and glue.

Of course, we are preparing for the holiday next week and have made special bags to hold our Valentine cards.  Once again, Mrs. Moran was instrumental in helping design the bag to go along with our classroom theme.

Please remember that next week is a short week.  
Once again, enjoy the snow.  Stay safe!!