Reading
We started a new unit in our Open Court series. This unit is about courage. We practiced making personal connections with the story, Molly the Brave and Me. We also talked about point of view. This story was written in first person.
In reading groups we talked about biographies. Students learned that a biography is a story about someone's life. We will be reading and writing biographies in the coming weeks and months.
Writing
We will get a chance to share our Dinosaur Research Projects and papers AND our Expository books with our reading buddies on Friday! We started cursive handwriting with an introduction to correct posture, pencil grip and curves!
Math
You should have received the first math workbook on Wednesday. We continue to practice the basic facts. This next unit really solidifies mental math strategies. It is a review of our 100 chart, place value and sums of 10 and 100. It also reviews subtraction, addition, multiplication and division. Whew! We'll be busy. Please look at the link to the left, Oswego Math. It is a great website that has all different math games. Ask your child which game s/he played on Wednesday. Each child was asked to play a different game depending on what math skills they needed to practice.
Social Studies
Next week we will begin our Social Studies unit on Economics.
Dinosaur Projects
The dinosaur projects were fantastic! Please look at some of the pictures of the presentations. (There are also some older pictures on this link that never got shared.) We enjoyed looking at Ms. Hallerberg's projects as well. All projects go home on Friday.