The firefighters gave us a tour around the firehouse and showed us all about the fire trucks and the ambulance.
We even got to cheer on Firefighter Molly as she practiced getting all her gear on. Did you know that in order to pass the fireman's entrance exam, you must be able to get your gear on within 2 minutes?
We met with our Book Buddies this week. The fourth graders helped us put together our Ivans that we painted. Then we wrote newspaper articles about Ivan.
In math, we added and subtracted zero and then we built fact family houses. As a fun addition to this idea, we created Haunted Fact Family Houses. Thanks to my dear old friend who designed these for us.
Our essential question in reading this week was "What happens when families work together?" We read about how families can share jobs within the household, how different family members have jobs outside the household and how families work together in both.
In social studies, we began our unit on the three types of communities. We even read a Scholastic News article which emphasized this lesson. In science, we ZOOOOMED... We created zoomers to demonstrate the motion of spinning. The students had a great time. Next week we will be twirling!!
Keep in mind that Friday is a Teacher's Inservice day and Monday school is closed for everyone. Enjoy the long fall weekend.
