Week 19

It was a strange week for weather, but we all survived!  Thank you to all the families who are remembering to dress your child for the snow!  Depending on how icy it is tomorrow we may be having an indoor morning body break.

For writing this week we have been practicing analyzing different stories and discussing the lessons that are being taught through the story.  We read 2 stories, Omar on Ice and Skating with Bears.  The students then took their observations from both stories and compared the ideas from both of them.  We will practice with more stories later in the year, but we are looking forward to learning some new writing skills as we start our exploration into poetry next week!

In math we practiced making fact families this week.  We practiced on whiteboards, on snowmen sheets, and in our math books.  We will be using this concept as we progress into harder math skills, such as double digit addition and subtraction.  Next week we will be focusing on finding the missing number in number sentences that are addition or subtraction.

We had some great conversations this week about germs and how they can effect the body.  We watched a magic school bus where Ms. Frizzle took the students on an adventure into Ralphie's immune system to learn about how our bodies fight off germs.  We finished off the week with an art project around how the weather changes in the 4 seasons.  We will continue that project this week, exploring the seasons using different mediums and tools to create our art.

Raz Kids is returning!  Accounts will be set up this week and we will be sending home passwords so that you can now read books on Raz Kids as well at home.