Learning from a new perspective.
Language Arts
We had many different discussions this week about telling stories. We had specific lessons on organizing a narrative writing piece, on creating a setting, and switching the setting to help our readers better understand the flow of our writing. We also learned about the semi-colon and it’s use in writing.
The colon is used to introduce a list of items. The bookstore specializes in three subjects: art, architecture, and graphic design.
Students began the writing process for a new fantasy writing piece. They are very excited about staring another big writing project!
Students are sounding a little rusty in their Spanish reading. Please be sure to have them read nightly.
How many lines of symmetry do you see?
Math
We had a great time creating individual posters as we learned about flips, slides, turns, rotations, congruent and non congruent shapes.
We also built on prior knowledge of symmetry. Students were challenged to create figures containing multiple lines of symmetry. This was fun!!
Students were showing mastery of this topic so I administered their unit test on Thursday and they aced it!
We had a blast with our introduction to area and perimeter on Friday. Ask your child about our area game.
History & Geography
This week we learned about Samuel de Champlain and what an important Explorer he was to North America and the French. On Thursday the class worked on their questions about his biography and they finish their expedition logs. We also watched a few more videos on each explorer. We also began to get ready for our Explorer interviews that we will be doing next week. Everyone is so excited to be an explorer and dress up. Each student will take a turn being being an interviewer as well. On Friday we spent some time researching the individual explorers that we’ve chosen and planning how we want to represent them during the interviews. Along with our interviews, we will also have our domain review next week.
Science
We finished our food webs this week and then did a lesson on the balance of nature. On Tuesday and Thursday the class worked on a paragraph describing how an imbalance to an ecosystem can affect the whole ecosystem. They considered the killing of wolves by farmers and how this impacted the deer population as well as other forest animals and vegetation. On Friday we had our Mother’s Day tea and so, took a break from science. I hope you all enjoyed the special time with your child. Thank you so much for coming and letting us show you how special you are.
English Spelling
We had a normal week with our sorts. The class worked on their activities and practiced their words. For grammar this week we reviewed compound words, this seemed to be a very easy concept for everyone. In our journals we focused on our mothers. The class wrote stories about their moms, poems to their moms , and things that made their moms special. I hope everyone had an opportunity to hear some of these during the Mother’s Day tea.
Art
First of all, thank you everyone for all the Teacher Appreciation gifts and treats! All the goodies were delicious and the coffee wonderful. Thank you for the sweet notes and gifts from your students. It was a very special day!
The 2nd and 3rd graders finished their collage portraits this week. They used tissue paper for hair, and they added a t-shirt with designs. These fun “Portraits with Personality” are on display on the bulletin board by the water fountain.