Students did very well on their Topic 2 Assessments. Arrays are always a crowd-pleaser! Topic 3 is learning to Add Within 100 using various strategies. One strategy we learned was using a hundreds chart. You would start at a number and as you move down from the number, the number increases by 10. As you move to the right from the number, the number increases by 1.
Our stories this week were about Caring for Animals. In one story, Jack had to care for a horse on his farm. The care included waking up at 5 a.m. to feed the horse, cleaning the stalls and coming back in the afternoon after homework to give the horse a snack. In Lola & Tiva, Tiva really wanted a pet dog but instead she got a pet rhino! Lola was in need of a friend as her mother was blind and unable to keep her safe from predators. Tiva became that friend and meet her needs including feeding her 5 1-gallon bottles a day and teaching her to wallow in the mud.
We finished up our Friendly Letters and will start to talk about Personal Narratives next week. In FUNdations the next two weeks, we will be working on suffixes including -s, -es, -ed, -ing, -er and -est. Also for grammar, we will practice using quotation marks. Once quotation marks are taught, student use them "EVERYWHERE".
We have finished up our Social Studies Government unit for now. Next, we will start the Science unit of Force & Motion. We have already brainstormed what force and motion is. A lot of Star Wars examples:) We also tried using our play-doh to determine the best shapes to make objects move. We will have a field trip to the library to learn more next week.
A few items...
* We have a field trip to the library on Wednesday, October 5th at 9 a.m. If you are interested in going, we have a few spots for adults. Just email me and let me know. If you are driving with us, we will leave at 8:50 and be back around 10:30 or you can just meet us there at 9. Either way, let me know!
* We will miss the W.O.W. walking on Wednesday due to our field trip but will walk at some point during the day. I will also pass out the W.O.W. shirt after the field trip.
* To celebrate Homecoming, next week is Spirit Week. Here are the daily themes:
Monday: Hat Day
Tuesday: Favorite Sports Team- Any team from professional, college to your own team:)
Wednesday: W.O.W. Shirt- I will be handing this out after our field trip
Thursday: Beach Day- Wear summer wear like sunglasses, flip-flops, etc.
Friday: Avon Lake Day- Wear Shoremen or Gold/Maroon
* If you haven't, please sign-up for conferences.
Thanks,
Marissa Wilhelm
