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Our Week In Review

The week before vacation is always filled with excitement! We had a busy week filled with learning.

In math, we began seeing the connection between fractions and decimals. This concept is new, and may take some time for the children to understand completely.  We connected the new learning to their knowledge of money, which helped decimals make sense for many students.

During reading, we continued to follow the adventures of the children from Snow Treasure.  This book, published in 1942, has been a favorite of many of the students, proving that some books are just classics!  The children are working hard to think deeply about the characters, and to connect this thinking to their lives.


We are almost finished with our dog essays!  Revisions and editing will happen after vacation, and these will be published.  The children have worked really hard on these, and they are able to share them with you by logging into Google Classroom.

We wrapped up our learning about plant and animal structures and adaptations.  The children did a great job with this, and enjoyed our hands on learning.  When we return from vacation, we will focus on learning about Washington, D.C. in Social Studies. 

The children enjoyed their party in a bag and handing out Valentines to each other. We enjoyed Valentine Fraction Math as well!  Check out our students in their Valentine themed clothing, too!

During technology workshop, we have been sharing our thinking using flipgrid.  Ask your child to share their flipgrid with you!

The children shared their thoughts about a few things this week.  See their responses below!

Our Week In Review

This week we continued reading Snow Treasure, and the children have really been enjoying this adventure story. We are focusing on writing summaries,cause and effect, and making connections with characters. Ask your child about the flipgrid assignment about the characters in this book. Your child may be able to share a video with you.  Book talks continue to be an important part of our Reader's Workshop time.  Please encourage your child to volunteer to do this.  It is a great opportunity to share a favorite book and to practice speaking in front of a group.

During science this week, we continued to discuss animal adaptations/structures, and students created a "water bird".  Students needed to explain why the bird had certain features, and why those features helped its survival near the water.  

During SS the students are working to wrap up their Northeast presentations. The NE quiz was a great success!

We began to learn about multiplication of unit fractions today.  Please remember that the Reteaching page in your child's math journal has valuable information about the day's lesson.  If your child is having difficulty, please use this page as a guide.  Students also learned a new math game, Spiral, and everyone brought home cards, dice and game pieces. Please encourage your child to play this game, to practice facts. 

We learned about Chinese New Year this week!  

Spotlight On...

...this musician!  She is shining at her viola concert.   She can now play Hot Cross Buns on 3 instruments!  Way to Go!

Our Week In Review

What a week! We enjoyed celebrating our most recent Interactive Read Aloud, Little Dog, Lost, on Tuesday. Dog Day was filled with themed activities such as "Dog Math" and charades, using vocabulary from the book.  Students enjoyed dog themed snacks, and we graphed the results of our snacks. Thank you for sending your child in with a tasty snack!

We worked on our listening skills this week during our morning meeting.  Your child can share what we're doing in these pictures.

We have been learning about the Northeast Region of the US, and will wrap up our new learning on Wednesday with a quiz.  Students are also working on a group project about the Northeast.Your child can show you his/her group's progress by logging into Google.

We have continued reading Snow Treasure, and we are working on tracking our thinking digitally.  Your child can share this with you as well!  We enjoyed celebrating World Read Aloud Day with our new first grade friends.  Mrs. Kolody's class read with us on Thursday morning.  Mrs. Merten also shared her favorite childhood book, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.

Check out Mrs. Mac's most recent blog post.  You can find our 4th grade musicians highlighted. Check it out to hear some "Hot Cross Buns"! (Scroll down to see us.)