**Book Fair Tuesday, December 3rd**
For a full week it went by really fast!
For a full week it went by really fast!
Here are some of
the things we did last week and this week:
In Math:
- Began Topic 5: Place Values to 100
- Learned how many tens and ones are in
a number
- New vocabulary: digits, number work,
> greater than, < less than, = equal to, before, after, even, odd
- Read and wrote numbers using number
words
- Used symbols to compare numbers
- Counting to 100, using words such as;
before and after
- Learned to find 10 more and 10 less
using a hundred chart
- Talked about even and odd numbers, and
learned that if you add two odd numbers together the sum will always be
even
In Reading
- Continued Unit 5 in Fundations
- Unit 5 Test
- Made Non-fiction Flip Books; and
talked about the features of a non-fiction book
- Started to read, How Animals Sleep
- Continued reading The Miraculous
Journey of Edward Tulane
In Science:
- Reviewed for the Tree Test
- Took Tree Test on Monday
- Introduced new topic: Reptiles
In Writing:
- Students finished their own “How To
Take Care of Cat” book
- Introduced how to write and draw a
visual investigation plan: it combines words and pictures to give
instructions for making or doing something
- Modeled how to make a scarecrow, along
with things I would need to make it, the steps in order to build it, and
helpful hints I would tell a person before building a scarecrow
- Students started to create their own
visual investigations, choices were: building a sand castle, growing a
flower, or cleaning a bedroom
Reminder: Next
week is a short week, early release on Wednesday.
Have a great
weekend!
Miss Santullo
