In my classroom, students designed catapults to help the Easter Bunny deliver chocolate eggs.
Our students enjoy this time to create and discover with their friends in both classrooms. It is so great to see how the students have learned to persist through these challenging tasks.
Reading Workshop: Students have been exploring book series books this month. They are working with a partner and reading several books from one series. The partners meet and discuss similarities and differences within the texts. They also compare how the characters have changed over time. Some of the series we are enjoying include: Cam Jansen, A-Z mysteries, The Box Car Children, Flat Stanley and many more! The students are so passionate to read and share with their partner.
Writing Workshop: We are currently revising and editing opinion pieces. The students have written reviews about their favorite places, restaurants, movies, books, and computer games. Each student has picked one review to publish. Next week, we will begin making digital slide shows of our work.
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| We are peer editing our reviews. |
Mathematics: In math, we are just finishing up unit five. We were working on subtraction strategies, money, and place value. In unit six, we will be diving into geometry, fractions, and using arrays to multiply.
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| Playing Math Games |
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| Using linking clips to create a number line to 1,000 |
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| We used the number line to practice skip counting forward and backward. |
So many fun Special Events:
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| This week we learned about Bike Safety with a special guest from Copley Hospital. |
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| We had two middle school students come in to teach us about where our food comes from. |
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| We LOVED rock climbing in PE! |
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| We had our Ice Cream Sundae Marble Jar Celebration! |
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| We won a Pizza Party! Our class had the best jar design in The Big Change Round Up! The Pizza Party Date has not been announced yet. |
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| The Tooth Tutor taught us about taking care of our teeth. |
Upcoming Events:
Monday, April 8- I Love to Read Pep Rally
Tuesday, April 9- Author Visit, Corey Gottfried
Thursday, April 11- Spring Luncheon, Families welcome
Friday, April 12- Character Day Parade, Students may come to school dressed as their favorite story book character!
Spring Break- April 15-19
