Video to Help Us with Subtraction!

This helped them a lot! The Subtraction Poem says:

More on top, no need to stop!
More on the floor, go next door and get ten more!
Numbers the same, zero's the game!

Enjoy!

Peek At The Week

What a fast week! I'm so thankful we had a full week to get right back to learning and fun!

Here are some of the things we did:

In Math: 

• Practiced regrouping using 2 digit numbers on top and bottom
• Used the number line to subtract
• Checked subtraction using addition
• Discussed ways to subtract such as mental math and paper and pencil

In Social Studies and Writing:

• Revised our facts and created our class book on North America
• Added illustrations, captions, and labels to make it great
• Began what we think we know about our assigned continent for the next research report 
• Wrote a friendly letter about our week using leader/follower
• Learned about Chinese New Year and Abraham Lincoln through Scholastic Magazine with videos

In Fundations and Reading:

• Worked on the sounds of /a/ (a, a-e, ai, ay)
• Played trick word relay
• Learned new vocabulary complain and delayed
• Practiced dictation
• Took our Unit 10 test
• Read Lionel and Amelia and A Friend Like Ed. They are both stories about mice who are best friends. 

Dr. Seuss Day was today! We had a special high school student who was the sister of one of my students! :) So fun!

Check out the fun photos!

Have a great weekend! I can't believe it's March already on Monday!

-Mrs. Farrand :)

Peek At The Week

It's February and we are all wondering will the snow ever stop? More snow is supposed to come, but where will we put it? :)

*The Field Trip has been rescheduled to June 4th!! 

Here's a peek at the short week!

In Math:

• Practiced place value with hundreds, tens, and ones
• Students solved addition problems with bar diagrams
• Students took our Topic 8 test

Please continue to work with you child on their math facts :)

In ELA:

• Used Animals in Danger to work on questioning using the 5 W's
• Practiced making words
• Played trick word relay 
• Students took Unit 9 Fundations Test 

In Writing and Social Studies:

• Students went to the computer lab to research more about North America and took notes in their research notebooks
• Discussed and practiced writing facts in their own words
• Worked with a partner to read and record facts

In Science:

• Learned about icy weather using Scholastic Magazine

Here's some pics of us working on our research!