Our Week In Review

What a week!  During our morning meeting, we are learning how to say good morning in the languages of our classmates.  We are looking forward to learning how to say this in many different languages!

In math, we have been working on patterning with both shapes and numbers.  Determining the rule for a number table is challenging but our mathematicians are doing a great job.  In class, we used manipulatives to help us see the pattern and then transfer that to numbers in a table.  

Book Talks continue to happen during reading.  Mrs. Merten is encouraging everyone to think about giving a book talk this year. We are ALMOST finished reading  Mr. Popper's Penguins in reader's workshop.  Next week, we will finish reading this book, and then we will begin reading and discussing short non fiction texts about penguins.  We wrap up our first Interactive Read Aloud with "Black and White" Day on Thursday.  Remember to wear your black and white clothes and bring a black and white snack!

As part of writer's workshop, we finished writing paragraphs about our names, and have been writing poetry.  This week we began learning how to use a dictionary.  We will continue this important work next week.


Learning about Mexico has been exciting and fun for our room 24 ladybugs.  We have learned about the geography, climate, and natural resources of Mexico.  We will continue learning about this country next week. 


There are two half days next week and Halloween, so our week will be short but busy!  I am looking forward to meeting parents and guardians at conferences next week.