To end our first unit in reading this week, we did a research project. The students were given the task of creating a pet sitting business. They needed to first research online how to care for two kinds of pets. Then they needed to name their business and make a brochure to promote this business.
This week in math we have been working on number stories. We focused on three different types of word problems. This is a difficult concept for several students. When working on at home, try to look for the clues in the number story that help solve the problem. For example, "how many more" is usually subtraction and "how many in all" is addition. We will continue to practice often throughout the year these concepts.
In writing, we wrote a fictional narrative about meeting a silly scarecrow. We had some crazy stories with some silly scarecrows. In social studies, we continued learning about the three types of communities. One of the most exciting things we did this week was in science. We continued discussing the "spinning" motion. We created three different types of twirly birds. And thanks to our new playground with lots of high places to climb, we were able to test them out. Here's one of our twirly birds sailing through the playground.
Please remember to send in those Halloween costume pictures!!!
If you haven't already…get out your winter clothing. I hear you may need it this weekend.
