In writing, we are reviewing writing how-to essays. Today, we wrote a how-to essay on making a ham and cheese sandwich. We started with planning and then wrote then story together. We then brainstormed several ideas that the students could write a how-to about. Then they began their own stories. In math, we have begun adding with regrouping. Make sure you are practicing your math facts at home. In reading, we began an author study of Doreen Cronin. Yesterday, we read Click, Clack Moo and discussed sequencing.  Today, we read Giggle, Giggle, Quack and continued discussing sequencing.  We also began a unit on the states of matter which are solids, liquids, and gases.