Our city in progress!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Junior Achievement
It's week 3 of Junior Achievement and we are learning all about a city. This week we are talking about what it takes to start up and run a restaurant. Last week we learned about the layout of a city and where to put houses, town homes, a library, city hall, an airport, etc. Here are the pictures of our city in progress and after it was completed!
Our city in progress!
Our finished city!
Our city in progress!
Friday, September 9, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Weeks 5 & 6
Important!
Fundraisers are due tomorrow along with homework and library books! Grandparent's Tea is Friday from 9:05 - 10:00.
We will finish CogAT testing tomorrow. It has been getting more difficult, but it's fun! It is harder than MAP testing.
We went outside to observe nature with our five senses and saw a hairy wolf spider! EEK! When we came back inside, we had to write about our observations. Then we wrote about what we would do if we were invisible and could fly! Now we are working on writing a story with a partner. Our stories are from our imagination. Some of us have a king, a horse, a pegasus, a dragon frog, friends, and an evil wizard as our characters. Our stories take place in a forest, angel world, a misty castle, a race track, and a desert. The evil characters are trying to take over, some characters are getting stuck in mazes, and evil characters destroy villages in our stories. Writing with a partner is fun!
In reading some groups started reading new books. We are writing about what we read and making connections. In Daybook we finished connections and now we are starting the new comprehension strategy - asking questions. We are also continuing our work in Seeing R.E.D and working on our cursive handwriting.
For math we are doing number bonds to solve addition and subtraction problems. They help us do mental math. Number bonds are just another strategy for adding and subtracting which eliminate any regrouping. Yesterday we started rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. Practice rounding at home!
Next week is spirit week which we are beyond excited for!
Spirit Week September 12th - 16th
Monday - pajama day
Tuesday - twin day (dress alike)
Wednesday - hat day
Thursday - inside out / backward day (wear your clothes just wrong)
Friday - spirit wear day
Fundraisers are due tomorrow along with homework and library books! Grandparent's Tea is Friday from 9:05 - 10:00.
We will finish CogAT testing tomorrow. It has been getting more difficult, but it's fun! It is harder than MAP testing.
We went outside to observe nature with our five senses and saw a hairy wolf spider! EEK! When we came back inside, we had to write about our observations. Then we wrote about what we would do if we were invisible and could fly! Now we are working on writing a story with a partner. Our stories are from our imagination. Some of us have a king, a horse, a pegasus, a dragon frog, friends, and an evil wizard as our characters. Our stories take place in a forest, angel world, a misty castle, a race track, and a desert. The evil characters are trying to take over, some characters are getting stuck in mazes, and evil characters destroy villages in our stories. Writing with a partner is fun!
In reading some groups started reading new books. We are writing about what we read and making connections. In Daybook we finished connections and now we are starting the new comprehension strategy - asking questions. We are also continuing our work in Seeing R.E.D and working on our cursive handwriting.
For math we are doing number bonds to solve addition and subtraction problems. They help us do mental math. Number bonds are just another strategy for adding and subtracting which eliminate any regrouping. Yesterday we started rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. Practice rounding at home!
Next week is spirit week which we are beyond excited for!
Spirit Week September 12th - 16th
Monday - pajama day
Tuesday - twin day (dress alike)
Wednesday - hat day
Thursday - inside out / backward day (wear your clothes just wrong)
Friday - spirit wear day
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