Friday, October 20, 2017

Haunted House STEM Challenge!

On Tuesday, 10/24 at 1:30, our class will participate in a Halloween STEM challenge.  
Using recycled cardboard, they will work with a team to plan and build a haunted house.  
Parents are invited to help with the construction.  
See you then!

Enjoy a beautiful Fall weekend.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Happy October!


Warm days and cool nights... 

and a great time to update you on what we're learning in Room 49!

Math -students have been strengthening their addition and subtraction skills using the standard algorithm.  Next week we will begin learning how to multiply larger numbers.

Reading -last week we finished reading Frindle, and the students shared when they learned about story elements by creating a storyboard.  We played Frindle Jeopardy on Thursday, which was a fun way to wrap up the unit!  This week we have been learning about theme.  The students have enjoyed identifying the theme in Pixar movie shorts.  

Language Arts -during the past two weeks we have been learning "be a better writer" strategies.  This includes adding rich adjectives, replacing verbs, and using adverbs in our writing.  The class just finished brainstorming for their next writing workshop assignment: "Fall Favorites". 

Social Studies -students are putting the finishing touches on their Treasure Islands.  We will wrap up our map skills unit with a test next Tuesday.  Then we will travel to our first region: The Northeast!