Patriot Party

Today we celebrated our reports on the causes of the American Revolution. Next week students will begin choice informational reports. 

We also continue to practice making circuits in science. 

Debate Preparations

In reading we are researching and taking notes on the causes of the American Revolution. Half the class are loyalists and half are patriots. They will debate whether the colonies should leave Britain next week. 

Science Stations

In science we are learning about current electricity. Today we started stations learning about different types of circuits as well as insulators and conductors. 

Adding Fractions

Today we worked on adding fractions with like denominators. We looked at fraction tiles fo get a visual and they all got it!  The tricky part is reducing to simplest form. Remember to find he GCF- greatest common factor. 

History Writing

Look at these authors go!  We are finally to the publishing stage of our informational reports. They are working so hard we took out tonight's writing homework. They earned it!

Ability Awareness

We had a great morning learning about different abilities during our Ability Awareness Day. Students learned about autism, visual impairments, and Down syndrome. The students learned a lot and they were very good listeners!

Math Test Tomorrow

We played an exciting game of math baseball today to get ready for our chapter 8 test tomorrow. Don't forget to study!  We also have Jump Rope for Heart permission slips coming home today. 

Muffins with Mom

Thank you to all the moms and grandmothers who came in early today for our Muffins with Mom!  It was a great time!

Buddy Time

Today we met with our first grade buddies and learned about each other. We made Venn diagrams looking for similarities and differences in each other. 

Reminders- don't forget Muffins with Mom on Friday and Time for Kids due by Friday. 

Static Electricity

We continue to study electricity and we have been focused on static electricity. We used different materials to see what the charged balloons would be attracted to or repel away. 

Looking at a Mentor Text

Today we looked at a mentor text (an example) showing us what an informational report will look like. Students analyed the writing looking at both text structure as well as the type of writing. Next week they will begin to write about the American Revolution. 

There is a very important note coming home. Muffins with Mom is next Friday!

Hat Day and Static Electricy

Look at these cuties on hat day!  It was a perfect day for hat day because we also used these hats in our electricity studies as well. Static electricity was the focus today. 

Divisibility Rules

Today we looked at finding factor pairs and multiples of numbers. Some of the numbers we looked at were larger numbers and knowing the divisibility rules will help. 

Check your mail tonight!  Many important notes are coming home. 

Happy New Year!

We had a great first day back. We set some goals for this year and did a cooperative group activity in math. It was a great day to be back!

We had a fun winter math project using both weight and money. Converting ounces to pounds was tricky stuff!

The finished snowmen.... More are coming tomorrow!

Happy birthday and welcome back to school!