We had a really fun assembly this week. This assembly was about setting goals and achieving them. The "Hoop Wizard" Jack Ryan came and showed off his awesome basketball skills. He told the students how he kept believing in himself and went on to achieve his goal to become a great basketball spinner.
This week our essential question was "What happens when families work together?" We read several stories about how families can work together. The stories we read were all expository text. This means they give us information and include text features.
In math, we practiced skip counting. We looked for patterns when counting by 5s and by 10s. We took our first math assessment today. Overall, the students performed very well on them. Look for them next week in homework folders to sign and return.
We had a guidance lesson today from Mrs. Fletcher. She came in and discussed RESPECT with the students. She talked about respecting others, property, environment and most importantly yourself.
In social studies, we began our unit on maps. The students had a fun treasure hunt in the classroom. At first, they were given a task to find the treasure with no direction. After searching unsuccessfully, they were given a map of the classroom and had to find the treasure based on it. Of course, with the map the treasure was easily found by all. In science, we started looking at a new motion...rolling. The students were given a ramp and wheels and an axle and told to make it roll down the ramp.
For a short week...we sure were busy. Enjoy the weekend.
