Peek At The Week

Thanks for sending in all of the awesome family trees! They did a great job and we had fun learning and looking at the trees and answering questions.

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

In Math: 

·  Used tens and ones to solve 2 digit addition problems
·   Used a break apart strategy and keeping the number whole

·        Used compensation to solve problems to get to the next ten

·        Learned a new game called Close to 20
·        Practiced ST Math and Reflex Math

In Fundations and Reading:

·        Learned about the 3 sounds of the suffix -ed

·        Discussed the words checked and swelled for vocabulary

·        Practiced skill sheets

·        Practiced categories of words for -ed with id, d, t sounds

·        Took our Unit 4 test

·        My reading group read A Halloween Rhyme- we practiced marking nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and we wrote our own poems too.

In Science:
·        Read Maple Trees, sang a Maple Tree song and answered diagram questions
·        Watched a short video about trees

·        Read books called Are Trees Alive?, Fletcher and the Falling Leaves, and Tess's Tree
·        Learned the inner parts of the tree and their definitions by making a tree booklet
·        Learned about our families and did a museum walk with questions

In Writing:

·        We typed our personal narratives on the iPads for our final copies

·        Learned about homophones

Enjoy the weekend! Crazy Hat Day on Halloween and an important study guide for the tree test next Friday went home today! Please help your child study.

-Mrs. Farrand :)

Same color! :)

Typing our final copies

Playing Close to 20

Looking at our family trees

Tree Study Guide

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