Cultures and Traditions

In our next Social Studies unit, the students will be learning about "Ways of Living".  We'll be learning about culture and see examples of ways that American culture is shaped by the cultures of immigrants who have come to the United States.  We'll be learning how people in the United States share their cultures through stories and the arts.  During the next few days, we'll be looking at different cultures and traditions as they celebrate winter holidays.  Today, we learned about some of the traditions in England.  The students were excited to make Christmas Crackers to share with their family.

Math Review

We've been reviewing adding and subtracting 2-digit numbers today.  The students will have a test on Chapter 11 tomorrow.

Who Will Guide Santa's Sleigh??

The students filled out an application to join Santa's team.  Check out a few of our reindeer photos!

Elfie has Arrived

Well our elf Elfie arrived today and I guess he's a little later than most of the other elves.  He's watching our everyone here at school!

Writing Like a Scientist

The students have been working hard as they learn to write like a scientist.  Students have learned that scientists write a question and a hypothesis.  The students made a catapult and wrote their question:  Using the catapult we made, which will go farther the ping-pong ball or the cotton ball?  The students then wrote their hypothesis and were ready to test with multiple trials. The students LOVED trying out the catapults and recording their results.  Then they looked at their results and wrote their conclusions.
Check out our Catapult Video.

Xtra Math Success

I'm so proud of Chloe for completing addition on Xtramath.org! Now she's onto subtraction!  

Science Review - Test on Wednesday

We reviewed Chapter 5 yesterday in class and the science books were sent home so your child could review at home.  We'll review again in class today and the test will be on Wednesday, Dec. 4th.  Many of the concepts are a review from our recent Social Studies unit.