This week the class earned a reward. Since our reading "bed" was filled with monkeys, the class reward was to watch the movie, "The Tale of Despereaux." The bed is filled when the students read a book and put a monkey on the bed with the title of the book. The students were familiar with the story of Despereaux because the book was read to them by me.
In Writing we did one of my favorite activities of the year. We wrote "How to Catch a Leprechaun in a Jar" stories. The students are very inventive and use such things as gold coins, traps, shamrocks and one student even lured the leprechaun in the jar with Lucky Charms. Great use of imagination!! Look for these to be displayed on Best of Heights night.
This week we have been sharpening our money skills in Math. We practiced writing money in dollars and cents notation. We also practiced estimating to see if we had enough money to buy some groceries.
In Social Studies, we started looking at how communities change. Communities grow when more people move into them and then the community needs more things in it. We created our own growing community called, Wellsville.
In Science, we are beginning to talk about the third state of matter, gas. We had a quick experiment using baking soda, vinegar, a balloon and a water bottle. The students were amazed to see that the gas from the baking soda and the vinegar was able to blow up the balloon.
Please look for the conference request form that will be coming home today. If you would like to request a conference, please fill it out and return by Wednesday, March 20. Also, just a reminder that Friday, March 22 is a half day for students.
