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This week our big question was "How do animals survive?", we heard a story about animals in the swamp and made some predictions about the story. We used our "treasure chests" or background knowledge to make the predictions. We also read a story called "A Visit to the Desert" about a boy who goes to visit his grandmother and learns about animals that live in the desert. Today we started reading about a few puppies that are training to be sled dogs. We will be finishing that story next week...
Our spelling words this week have used short and long "o". We learned about nouns. We did some practice during our Daily 5 identifying person, place and thing.
In math, we continue to practice our facts. This week fact triangles came home for you to use at home. Please encourage your child to practice facts. We want to improve our "fact power." We had an assessment on Unit 2 which will be coming home next week. Next week we will begin Unit 3. In Unit 3, we will be practicing with time and money. These are skills that could also be practiced at home as well.
The students shared with each other the personal narratives that they wrote. This week we started discussing writing a procedural text. We brainstormed some ideas that the students felt they were experts in and could write a Hoe-To book about. As a class, we wrote a "How-To Make a Cream Cheese and Jelly Sandwich." Next week we will use the materials and try to create the sandwich together to see how well we gave instructions.
In social studies, we continue to discuss maps and how they are helpful. This week we practiced using a map grid and coordinates. In science, we are wrapping up our balance and motion unit. We had some fun rolling marbles on our ramps and trying to meet certain challenges.
The Halloween parade is Thursday at 1:45. Hope to see many of you there...
