Ocean Life

We were so lucky to have the "Sea Bus" visit Rowe School last week!  Carol Steingart, a marine biologist, brought many samples of algae and sea creatures from Maine tidal pools.  On Wednesday, our class attended a presentation by Carol in which she taught the children about the organisms she brought.  On Thursday, we had the sea bus in our classroom for part of the afternoon.  The children were able to hold and observe the organisms in the sea bus.  They were so engaged and excited!

Last week in math we:

• learned how to tell time to the nearest hour on an analog clock
  
  
  
  

• learned about the $1 bill
  
  
  
  

•  played $1 Exchange during which children practiced exchanging ten pennies for a dime and ten dimes for one dollar.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • practiced writing and solving addition and subtraction number stories.
  • practiced addition fluency by playing Dice Addition.
   

Last week in reading we:

• added "was" to our word wall.
• continued learning about and reading compound words. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • completed our end-of-the-year reading assessments.
   

Last week in writing we:

•  spent Monday-Wednesday on our final writing prompt.  The growth ALL children made as writers is impressive!  At your child's conference you will be able to compare your child's writing from the first writing prompt to now.  I hope you are as proud of your child as I am!
• wrote what we know about ocean life and questions we have.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

•  wrote about our observations and what we were wondering from the sea bus.

This week is Safety Week at Rowe School.  Please refer to Ms. Honan's newsletter for information about this week's event.

I hope you and your family enjoyed your Memorial Day weekend.
Katie