Important Reminders: If you have not already signed up for parent-teacher conferences, please make sure to do so this week. I will resend the email link to Sign-Up Genius for any parents who may still need it. Thank you to those of you who have already signed up!
Please remember, if you send lunch money to school for your child's account it is helpful to have it in a sealed envelope with your child's name on it. This reduces the chance of the money getting lost and into the proper account. Thank you for your help with this!
This Friday will be a half day of school. Please make sure your child knows how they will be going home that day, especially if it is different than normal. As a reminder, please send a note with your child if dismissal plans change. It is helpful for everyone if notes are received in advance, or first thing in the morning.
Class Updates:
The children were fortunate to participate in Ability Awareness Day on Friday. The class rotated through three presentations covering autism, Down's Syndrome, and prosthetic devices. Students were able to learn about a variety of challenges people face, but also about the amazing abilities we all have!
In science we have been conducting an experiment all week on decomposers. We examined what a testable question is and are making observations to see whether or not yeast can make a banana decompose faster. We have also been studying different types of fossils and how they can help scientists learn more about the past. Students have been busy all week creating posters that illustrate food chains that can be found in a variety of habitats. Here are some pictures of our research, as well as some of the fantastic biome quilt squares from last week.
In math, we have started a new unit about data and graphing. The children will be learning a variety of ways to collect, record, analyze, and display data. This week we will focus on frequency tables, finding the mean, median, mode, and range for a given set of data, and line plots. We will also be focusing on our multiplication basic facts in order to prepare us for our next big unit which will be all about multiplication.
In reading and writing, we have been examining story arcs. By studying familiar books, such as Mr. Peabody's Apples, we were able to determine the sequence of events that make up the rising action, climax, and falling action of a fiction story. Then, students used what we learned to develop story arcs for their realistic fiction stories during writing workshop. The children are also busy beginning the drafting process of their writing by creating a series of mini-scenes. They are working hard to "show", rather than "tell" what is happening, so as to create a vivid picture in the reader's mind.
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