Friday, November 1, 2013

Peek at the Week

The boys and girls in room 206 had a great week! We started a new challenge: teacher vs. students. Have your child tell you all about it J

Remember to look on the website for new pictures I added!

Here are some of the things we have been working on:

In Math:
  • Began Topic 4
  • Worked on repeated addition problems
  • Learned the vocabulary word “Array”
  • Played a game to help students learn to skip count
  • Practiced breaking down word problems with multi-step directions

In Reading:
  • Finished Unit 4 in FUNdations and had Unit Test
  • Students started and finished reading Trick or Treat! A Halloween Rhyme
  • Students created their own “Halloween Night” story
  • Started to read The Miraculous Journey or Edward Tulane written by Kate DiCamillo to the students

In Science:
  • Mrs. Pavlicek from the Science Center came to bring us on a tree walk
  • Students learned how to identify different types of trees such as; maple and pine

In Writing:
  • Students continued to work on their descriptive writing of their monster they created
  • Worked on our Halloween Pumpkins for the vocabulary parade
  • Brainstormed adjectives
  • 5th grade book buddies came to read with our class
  • Students went around the room to look at every students Family Tree Projects and answer a questionnaire

Have a great weekend

Miss Santullo J