Thursday, January 22, 2015

Peek At The Week

Reminders:
  • Field Trip: Thursday, January 29th

Here's a look at our week! January is flying by!

In Math:
  • Students used models to add to a 2-digit number and a 2-digit number
  • Took our Symphony test on the iPads
  • Practiced place value with hundreds, tens, and ones
  • Students set up and solved a 2 digit number and another 2 digit number to see if regrouping needs to happen
  • Played a new game called "High Roller" with a partner to practiced adding and subtracting
In ELA:
  • Learned r-controlled sounds: ir, ur, er
  • Practiced dictation with white boards
  • Learned verb and squirm as words of the day
  • Practiced trick words using chalkboard app and gel boards
  • Discussed and created a non-fiction features flap book to look at the parts that can occur when reading non-fiction texts.
In Social Studies:
  • Learned about Martin Luther King Jr.'s  life
  • Watched a Brain Pop Jr. video and read a Scholastic Magazine
  • Discussed fact vs. opinion
  • Played Jeopardy to review for the test
  • Took our maps, globes, and landforms test
In Writing:
  • Wrote a diamante poem comparing winter and summer

Have a great weekend!
-Mrs. Farrand :)