I'm not going to lie - this month has been hectic! Between Grandpals' Day and Parent/Teacher conferences, there has been a lot going on! I really enjoyed getting to meet with each of you last week and am looking forward to a strong teacher/student/parent partnership for the rest of this school year. I feel truly proud of how much progress many of the students have made already this year.
Here are some happenings since last time I updated:
- Grandpals' Day happened! Students created "When I'm Sixty-Four" writing, 100 Ways to Live to Be 100, and a couple of other activities
- Science: We continued our Forces and Interactions Unit. Students have found out how mass affects motion, designed vehicles with sails, and moved cars using rubberband energy.
- Math: We are in full force with multiplication. So far students have learned their 0,1,2,4,5, and 10 multiplication facts. We will progress through the following this way: 3's, 6's, 7's, 8's, and 9's.
- Writing: We are about to finish a personal narrative writing in which students learned about introductions, conclusions, body paragraphs, revising, editing, and publishing. Next up is Expository Writing.
- Reading: Students have been working hard on several skills, including nonfiction text features, nonfiction context clues, main idea and detail, and visualizing.
- Spelling: We have learned how to divide syllables into open and closed syllables using the VCV and VCCV decoding strategies. This will help with both spelling and decoding within reading.
- Miscellaneous: The school cheered on students participating in the Special Olympics. We created posters and lined the hallways to cheer on our friends!
