A Big Thank You!

I would like to thank you all again for the wonderful baby shower surprise!  Adam and I are so grateful for your generosity.  I will cherish that memory. 

Last week during Reading Workshop we:

• learned about quotation marks and the ellipsis.
• reviewed that readers use many strategies and think of the whole book when trying to read an unknown word.
• reviewed that readers ask questions as they read and then look for answers.

Last week during Writing Workshop we:

• started our opinion writing unit.  We learned what an opinion is and wrote an opinion about our favorite colors.
• learned that opinions are personal, and different people can have a different opinion.
• learned to support our opinions with reasons.
• wrote opinions about a book.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• wrote opinions about 2 different things, telling which one we like better and why.
• made tissue paper butterflies with Mrs. Morris.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Last week during Math we:

• practiced combinations of ten with a spring flower project.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• played Dice Subtraction to practice subtraction facts.
• practiced exchanging ten ones for one ten.
• played a new game, Car Race, to help us practice decomposing numbers.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

We also started a new Science unit last week: Pebbles, Sand and Silt.  We learned that a rock is a solid earth material, and children had the opportunity to look closely at three different types of rocks. We will continue this unit for the next several weeks.

Have a wonderful week!

Katie