What We Did This Week.........

This week we played football in P.E. In Social Studies we started a new theme! We will be learning about the 50 states. We are starting a postcard exchange project, where we are trying to get a postcard from each of the 50 states. We reviewed the words universe, galaxy, Earth, continent, country, state, and city. In Math this week we used connecting cubes to help us with an addition strategy. We tried to make groups of 10 to make adding easier. In Reader’s Workshop we got new tools, like a journal, a pencil, bookmarks, pointer sticks, and word finders. to help us become better readers! We read Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss. We also read Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind. It helped us get pumped up about AR (accelerated reader). Some of us even started taking AR quizzes this week!
On Monday we brought back our decorated writer’s workshop notebooks and shared them with the class. We learned two new strategies to help us write personal narratives (true stories). We would brainstorm a special person, or a special place, and think of clear, small moments that happened. In Art we made Christmas Cards for a contest. 1st place winners get a $50 gift card to Toys R Us. 2nd place winners get a $25 gift card. This week we also reviewed and practiced fact/opinion. Have a good weekend!