March 1

WOW!  March already.  We noticed today that March came in like a lamb not a lion and we are wondering what this means?

This morning I met with my guided reading groups and we learned about the Titanic and how people make video games.

During Writer's Workshop we are working on our riddles.  Here is the procedure"
1. Choose topic/object
2. Write 3 clues
3. add more details to your clues
4. write all your sentences together to create a poem/riddle
5. read your riddle to someone to see if they can guess your object.

Today was a very very exciting day in Room 73.  We started learning how to use cursive writing.  We learned how to write the letter a.  The letter a falls in a group of letters called Clock Climbers.  Please have your child show you how they are able to write the letter a in cursive writing.

In Math we learned a new game that can easily be played at home.  All you need is 3 or 4 dice.  Each person takes a turn rolling the dice and adding those numbers together.  We are working on understanding the cumulative property of addition.  This means it does not matter the order of the numbers or how they are grouped together.  If I roll a 6, 4,4 and 3.  I am encouraging the kids to make a friendly number such as 10.  Add 6 and 4 and that is 10 and 3 and 4 and that is 7 and put that together with 10 and you have 17.

We are learning about persuasive writing during inquiry and we are still working on our speeches.

I am in desperate need of volunteers for swimming.  Please please email if you are available.  We cannot go if I do not have at least 3 volunteers per day and this must include one male.  Thank you!