Publishing and Celebrating

The students have been working hard this week editing their work for spelling, capital letters, punctuation, and word choice. They've been coloring their illustrations and making a title page too.  They've been working hard on their 2nd published piece of writing.  We'll be celebrating tomorrow as we read out narrative stories to the our 5th grade 

Places Near and Far

In Social Studies we are learning about places near and far. We read Flat Stanley on Monday and are planning to send him off so we can learn about different places in our country or world.  We've been talking about countries, states, and continents. The students so excited to learn about many different places.

Bat Presentation

The students enjoyed a presentation on bats!  Mr. Marty and Miss Julie from the  Audubon Society shared their knowledge of bats with us.  Miss Julie showed us how bats use echolocation to find food.  Mr. Marty told us many interesting facts about bats. Ask your child what they learned.  Here are a few pictures!

Celebrating Success

Conrad has completed addition on Xtramath!  I know that has taken a lot of hard work and practice! Congratulations Conrad!  Off to subtraction now!!

Math News

The students have been working hard as they learn to add 2-digit numbers with regrouping!  We've been using the unifix cubes and place value mats this week to help students understand the concept.  The students show the numbers on the place value mats and then they add.  Of course they add the ones first just in case they have enough to make a ten and regroup.  When using the cubes and place value mats, all students can solve the problems.  It gets a little trickier when they aren't using the cubes.  Your child might need a little extra practice at home.

Science Review

We have finished Chapter 4 called Growing and Changing.  We reviewed this afternoon and we'll review again tomorrow in class. I'm sending home the science books so your child can review at home for the upcoming test on Friday.  Please review pages 158 -159 and return the science books on Friday.

Fun at the Zoo!

The students enjoyed the trip to the zoo!  They learned a lot about animal habitats and what animals need to survive.  We had time to see many animals at the zoo!  The students took many photos with the iPads and next week, they'll be working on a writing project on the iPads as they create a story showing what they've learned.  Here's a few pictures!