This Week's News from Room 203

This week in Reader’s Workshop we learned another way we can respond in our Reader’s Workshop journals. We practiced making connections. We read Sparky the Firefighter to practice this strategy. We also worked on picking out the adjectives in a story. We read The Night I Followed My Dog by Nina Laden. In Writer’s Workshop we practiced telling stories, instead of just saying what happened. We learned that great writers write so that readers can feel like they are there (in the story)! This week we received new postcards from Washington, Alaska, Texas, Nevada, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. We now have 20 total postcards from 12 different states. In Social Studies we are learning about landforms, which are different ways our land is shaped. In Math, we’ve been practicing subtraction facts with flashcards. We learned strategies to help us when we subtract 9 or 10 using a hundreds chart. The answer to a subtraction problem is called a difference. We also started multiplication this week! We practiced multiplication number sentences using cookie crisps! This week, we also started cursive! We put shaving cream on our tables, and practiced some of the strokes that we will use when learning cursive letters. Friday is Matthew’s birthday. This weekend Julia will be taking Speedy home. In P.E. we are learning about fitness. This week was red ribbon week (drug awareness week). Each day we did something fun to promise to just say no to drugs Monday was turn your back on drugs so we wore our shirts backwards. Tuesday was put a cap on drugs, so we wore hats to school. Wednesday was sock it to drugs, so we wore crazy socks. Thursday was team up against drugs, and we wore our favorite sports team shirt to school. Friday is saying no to drugs is no sweat, so we are wearing sweats and pajamas today. We decorated our door for the door-decorating contest, which will be judged today!