Today we  read several books .  We did adding and subtracting.  We had to figure out which one to do using clue words like how many more or in all.  We read Babushka’s Doll  and started a story about one of our toys coming to life!    

By Emma & Karson

Today we read Thank You Mr. Falker and Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek  Dam Affair.  We found out what our part for the musical Pirates.  We played math around the world and we made a Patricia Polacco treasury book.      

By Emma

What an exciting day we had today!  We rotated through all the teachers for a day of Thanksgiving fun in each subject.  In Saccoccio’s Sensational Science class, we learned about Sir Isaac Newton and his Laws of Inertia.  We performed many experiments that hopefully the kids will go home and share with their families for thanksgiving.

WOW…Is it November already????  In reading, we have begun a study of Doreen Cronin books and will continue that into next week.  We are working on skills such as fact and opinion, sequencing, and main ideas.  In math, we are continuing to work on adding with regrouping.  We will have our test over this next week.  In writing, we have been working on how-to papers.  We will start working on writing persuasive papers next.  In science, we are learning about the states of matter.

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Dear Parents,

From time to time our class needs small items.  If you are interested in contributing any of these items, you can “pick an apple” from our list of items by visiting the website below.  A link to the website will also appear at the top left hand side of this blog page as well.  Feel free to send the items at your convenience.  There is no obligation to participate but any donation is greatly appreciated!

This week we have finished up several topics.  In word work we finished up blends and will begin talking about consonant digraphs next week such as th, sh, and wh.  In writing, we will begin working on adjectives and using adjectives to improve our writing.  In math, we will finish up our chapter on place value and comparing numbers and will take a chapter test next week.  In reading, we will begin discussing sequencing and practice putting books back in the correct sequence.  During social studies, we will begin a unit on safety.  Have a great weekend and remember that there is no school on Monday.

During word work this week we are continuing to work on blends.  We are focusing this week more on final blends like the mp in lump or the nt in cent.  In writing/grammar we are learning about past tense verbs and continuing to make sure that our stories are focused.  We have learned that webbing our ideas is a great way to improve the focus in our stories.  In math, we are working on order and comparing numbers.  During reading, we are working on inferencing.  This week in Social Studies we are studying our country’s national symbols.  So far we have learned about the flag and the bald eagle.    Parents…don’t forget that Monday is a holiday.

This week in spelling, we introduced our new spelling words.  They are: LIKE, HIM, SEE, TIME, and COULD.  During word work we are working on blends such as cl, sl, st, str, and many others.   During writer’s workshop, we are working on verbs and focusing our writing using a web.  In math we are working on place value.  In reading, we have been working on thinking with stickies.  We will begin discussing the difference in a thin and a thick question.  In social studies, we are working on learning about our community.

This is the last week for Limeades for Learning, so make sure you are still voting for us!  Have a great week!

Today in writing we reviewed nouns and took our noun quiz.  In math, we reviewed place value to the one’s place.  In reading we read Jessica and talked about making text-to-self connections.  We also finished up our unit on weather.  We will begin our new unit next week in social studies on ‘Our Community’.  I hope everyone has a great weekend and remember to keep voting on Limeades for Learning.  The contest ends soon.