October 30-November 3

Hello families,

This week in room 105 we have been enjoying the beginning of a few science unit, wrapping up our Small Moments writing unit, nearing the end of math Unit 2 and working on word endings in phonics.

In reading this week we read the story Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door. In this story the squirrels and the birds team up to solve a problem together. A cat has moved in next door and he has been ambushing the squirrels and bothering the birds. We learned that characters solve many problems in books. Some common steps to problem solving we discovered were: meeting, planning, carrying out a plan and moving on.

In phonics we worked on suffixes -ed, -s, es. We learned the different ways to make a word plural. We sort the sounds -ed can make at the end of a word.

In writing we worked this week on editing a favorite small moment. We reviewed to put capitals at the start of sentences, periods (question marks, exclamation points) at the end of sentences, use quotation marks for talking, and how to take out or insert words. Our writing has improved so much! We will begin a new unit on Realistic Fiction at the end of next week.

In math we learned name collection boxes, how to play "name that number" and odd and even numbers, writing number models to express odd and even addends.

In science, we worked with air underwater. We predicted what would happen if we pushed a vial into the water and if the paper towel in the water would stay dry. We moved a plastic foam ball under water with the vial. So we've learned air moves things even under water!

We will continue our adventures in learning next week!
Mrs. Scheck