A Peek At Our Week

In Math we have been learning about Magic Squares. When each direction of the square has the same sum, it’s magic! We’ve also been practicing our subtraction facts. In Writer’s Workshop we are starting to publish our personal narratives. Good writers always go back and reread their ideas and they choose ONE seed story that they want to develop it and watch it grow into a final piece! We are also working on writing seed stories, not giant watermelon topics. In Social Studies this week we’ve been working on Maps. We made a compass rose, which shows our directions. We learned that the cardinal directions are North, South, East & West. We learned a catchy phrase that will help us remember the order they go in. “Never Eat Soggy Waffles”. There are also in-between directions, that we call intermediate directions. They are Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast. We learned that the city we live in is Schiller Park. The state we live in is called Illinois. We know that Illinois is one of 50 states in our country. Our country’s name is U.S.A. There are 3 countries in our continent of North America. There are 7 continents on our planet, which is called Earth. In P.E. we are learning about football. In Art we are making portraits. Speedy is going home with Julia this weekend!