A Peek at Last Week

Math:  Last week in math we worked on place value.  We worked with teen numbers noticing that they are made up of 1 tens and then ones.  This was a tricky concept at first but with lots of practice playing games we understand it much better!  Tuesday was iPad math day!

Writing:  For Earth day on Wednesday we wrote about how we want to help save the earth.  Come check these out in the hallway.  We have also been continuing to write in our journals.

Phonics/Language Arts:  This week the blends were cr, gr, pr and tr.  We have also been continuing to work on segmenting words.  We have been playing games to review our snap words.  Our favorite is "cat and mouse!"

Reading:  This week was our reader's theatre week.  We got into groups of 3 and practiced reading our book with fluency and expression.  On Friday we presented to the class.

Science/Social/Art:  We had our time for kids magazine on Monday where we learned about an illustrator and how he got started in his career.  Next week in science we will be learning about plants and then planting a seed to watch it grow.  To boost this unit Jill's family brought in a beautiful daisy plant that we get to watch bloom. Thanks so much for this opportunity!!  In Art we made an "Earth man" and added our writing piece to it.

Other Happenings...

FRIDAY WAS HAT DAY!  WE PAID $1 OR MORE TO WEAR A HAT FOR THE DAY.  WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $2000 FOR OUR MAPLE LAKE FAMILY IN NEED AFTER THEIR HOME BURNT DOWN.  ANOTHER REASON WHY WE HAVE SUCH AN AMAZING COMMUNITY!!


Storybook Reader...

Guest readers..

Owen showed us and presented about some baby mice he found near his house.  

We definitely are a kinder community...we ALL care for one another!  Love this!