Our Week In Review

We began our week with our "Poem Swap".  Last week, during poetry workshop, we wrote a list poem "Things to do at a Teacher Sleepover".  Mrs. Roberts' first graders wrote about the same topic (2 pages!).  We enjoyed sharing our poetry and meeting some new friends.

In Science, we took a quiz on using the Scientific Method and the Water Cycle.  We will begin our unit on Heredity next week.  One thing that we enjoy in our class (as part of our Heredity Unit) is looking at pictures of our ancestors.  The children will have homework on Monday to bring a picture of an ancestor (or two) to school on Wednesday.  We will be sharing the pictures and looking at the traits that we've inherited from our family.

In Social Studies, we began to learn about Mexico this week.  We have learned about the geography and climate of this country, and many of us would love to visit!

During writing we have wrapped up our drafts of our narrative writing.  We will revise and edit and then publish this piece.  During poetry, we have finished our list poems and are working on haikus - with a Halloween theme.  Here are some of the fun leads we wrote about Mrs. Merten's favorite personal narrative.

We continue to make our way through The One and Only Ivan, and Mrs. Merten is working at not crying when she reads!  This book has opened our eyes to animals and their feelings, as well as how some humans treat animals.  It is rich in language and content, and we have truly enjoyed it!  We will need another week and a half to finish reading and discussing this book.  Below is the "book trailer" that we saw before we began reading this book.  Once you see it, you will see why we were immediately hooked!



Book talks continue to be a big hit!

Today we had our unit assessment on the topic of Multiplication.  The children have learned to solve multiplication problems in various ways, and they are able to explain and teach another how to use their strategy.

 Next week we will begin to learn about division.

Our power point presentations are coming along nicely. We will have one more week, and we hope to finish.  Many of the students have chosen to "practice" using power point at home as well.  Mrs. Merten is very impressed with our work!