October

We have had a packed October so far with Grandpals' Day and conferences. Next week is Red Ribbon Week and class picture day on Tuesday. 

This week, students read historical fiction stories about storytellers, including The Kamishibai Man. They learned about abstract nouns and completed a fun pumpkin writing activity. 

In math, students have now learned their 0,1,2,3,4,5,10, and 11 multiplication facts. We only have 25 more to learn!

Science has been fun as students have begun learning about clouds. We have been going outside in the afternoons, sketching the clouds, and determining which clouds they are in order to predict weather. So far, we have only seen cumulus clouds, but next week might change that! 

Here are some pictures of the class drawing their clouds!

Busy Week

I can't believe that Grandpals' Day is tomorrow! We are going to have a blast! To prepare for this special day, we have been working on several projects. The first one is "When I'm Sixty-Four" where the students drew and wrote about their lives at 64! 

Students also wrote fun facts about their Grandpals and gave advice on how to live to be 100. 

In math, students continued working on multiplication but also did a fun math monster project!  We started learning about weather instruments this week in science!

Monday

Last week, students loved getting to read various folktales from all around the world! We also worked on drawing conclusions and writing good paragraphs from sequencing pictures. 

In math, we have continued adding more multiplication facts to our memory! Students have now learned 0,1,2,5,10, and 11! We play a lot of fun games to help with our memory skills. Keep practicing at home to get as quick as you can get!

Our plants unit has finally come to a close, BUT... our pollination worked! Several of our plants made new seeds! The class loved being able to open the seed pods and find the new seeds!

Some reminders:

No spelling or reading tests this week

Grandpals' Day is on Friday!

Character Pumpkins are due this Thursday to share with our Grandpals' on Friday

Multiplication, Pollination, and Illustration!

Last week, we had a very busy week of learning! The students read a book about illustrators, and they became their own illustrators for a new version of the Three Little Pigs using research and their own creative designs. 

The class also got to pollinate their flowers with real dried bees! We hope to see new seeds develop soon!

Our class rocked their first times multiplication tests! We will continue practicing the next several weeks through games and practice!

Don't forget that tomorrow, October 6, is individual picture day!