Announcements
Thank you to families who have already sent in gift cards for our Comet Carnival basket! Those are due September 29. Thank you for your support to make our class basket great!
In the Classroom
In reading this week, students have been using articles about animal adaptations to practice various skills. We have learned about comparing/contrasting, finding the main idea, creating mental images, and asking questions.
In writing this week, we have been studying informational/explanatory texts. We have analyzed writing prompts and studied rubrics to know what we need to include. Students will take notes on their topic next week and begin their first draft.
In math this week, we studied elapsed time by figuring out how long our morning takes. We also collected data and completed scaled bar graphs. Finally, we introduced multiplication by looking at repeated addition picture problems.
The big excitement in our room has been in Science this week! As part of our unit on Life Cycles, we had the opportunity to watch a chick go from egg to hatchling. We started by studying the incubator and parts of an egg. On Monday, we were able to catch one of the chicks hatching! Students were able to analyze chick adaptations like their beaks and claws. We also spent time cuddling our temporary class pets!
Last week, we studied the life cycle of a flowering plant by making a flower and bee. We used cornmeal and cinnamon as our pollen and cross-pollinated our flowers to produce seeds.
We will continue our study of Ecosystems next week by looking at living vs. non-living and habitats.
Upcoming Events
No School, Teacher Workdays-October 2, 3, and 4
Comet Carnival-October 6, 4:30-7:30
Field Trip to Columbia Center Urban Agriculture-October 20
Picture Retakes-October 25
No School, Teacher Workdays-October 26, 27
Fall Room Party-October 31
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