This week we are beginning new units in Language Arts, Math and Social Studies.
In math we will be moving on to subtraction and subtraction meanings, along with rounding and estimating. We will be working on fast facts and increasing our math fluency. In fact this week our online homework is a math facts practice game that can be found in your successnet account under your "To Do" tab. Students can choose from addition, subtraction and even multiplication and divisions facts to test for fluency. Have fun with the games =)
After working hard on our last two math topics we celebrated today with popsicles! Cool! Cool! We were serious test takers and tried our best to be successful and improve our learning- and we did just that! Not only were the popsicles cool, but we were too!
In Social Studies we are wrapping up our Change over Time, and Native American studies and will be rotating into Mrs. Hadeans class for a Citizenship and American Symbols class.
In Reading Street this week we will be talking about Smart Solutions. Our question for the week is, "How do plants and animals use their structures to solve problems? Can you believe not only do animals have to adapt to their environment to survive, but plants do too! Our story for the week is an expository text titled, Penguin Chicks. Today we predicted where the story would take place or in other words- the setting. It was fun to gather background knowledge about habitats and penguins and have the opportunity to learn from each other. This discussion will help build our thinking while we look for the main idea and details inside the story as our comprehension focus this week. Some of our amazing words this week are flourish, absorb, and inhospitable. It will be interesting to see which amazing word becomes our favorite in writing and conversation this week.
Well we're off and running and jumping in with both feet, we're having fun and learning a lot along the way. Have a great week!
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