We started a new unit in reading about Earth and the amazing things that Earth has. This week we read about how magnets work and how gravity was discovered. We learned about Isaac Newton who discovered gravity when an apple fell on his head.
We are still practicing subtracting using place-value. We did some adding to check our subtracting and some words problems as well. We will be taking a test next week in math on Topic 6.
We are diligently working on our contest for the Philadelphia Zoo. This week we went on a water hunt through the school to find any ways we are wasting water. Many of the students commented on our school water fountain. We are hoping that maybe we could make a change to that. Stay tuned.
In writing, we started a new unit:non fiction writing. The students brainstormed many different topic ideas and then narrowed their topic down to something or someone they were really interested in learning about and writing a report about. We will be continuing with these reports for the next several weeks.
With a new month comes our new groups. Think the students have something else in mind...snow day maybe????
