Top of the Morning...to Ya!

In celebration of the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday and in the spirit of friendship like our new Humphrey book, we met with our book buddies this week.  Our book buddies helped us to make some holiday decorations for our classroom.

Our rainbows from a pot of gold

Our essential question in reading this week was "What excites us about nature?"  We read several poems about nature like "Snow Shapes, Rain Poem, & April Rain Song".  We discussed the theme of the poems. We also looked for similes.  Next week we will beginning a writing unit on poetry.

In math, we started out the week with our mid-year assessment.  This is a test that includes all of the skills that the students have done up to this point in the year.  I am happy to report that the students performed very well on this assessment.  We began unit 9 which is all about measurement. We reviewed differents standards of measurement and made a chart to help them to remember.

 We practiced measuring with a yard and a meter.  We also practiced measuring with a foot and a decimeter.  Next week the students will be learning about perimeter and area.

We finished up our good shopper unit in social studies.  In one or our lessons this week, the students were asked to look at two different watches.  Each watch had different features and prices.  The students had to decide which watch they would buy and whether or not that would make them a good shopper.

In science, we conducted our last experiment with liquids.  We investigated two new liquids: corn syrup and shampoo.  We performed several tests on both liquids including another drop race.  Next week we will be performing a "secret" experiement with a special "substance."  Can you guess what it is? Bartholomew might know.

Today we had another lesson with Mrs. Fletcher from guidance.  She talked about choices and consequences.

Enjoy your weekend...