Students enjoyed passing out their Valentines Friday afternoon. Once they were done passing out their cards, they spent time looking through the goodies in their boxes.
Research Workshop
Students spent time this week turing their notes into paragraphs. They've written a topic sentence, 3-4 supporting details, and a closing sentence. They have a total of 6 paragraphs to write about their country. Paragraphs are written about a variety of topics, including: sports, food, clothing, school, holidays, houses, land and more! Students who have finished writing the rough drafts of their reports are beginning a Keynote presentation about their country using an iPad.
Math Workshop
We continued our place value unit this week. We focused on rounding to the nearest ten and hundred and practiced estimating sums and differences. We also learned how to solve three digit addition problems in three different ways. After students solved the addition problems using one of the numerical methods, they were required to prove their answer through a proof drawing. Below are pictures of the three numerical methods for multidigit addition and a picture of Gloria and her proof drawing.
Science
We began our new unit, Structures of Life. Last week we investigated several different fruits, including: ugli fruit, Chinese and Indian bitter melon, starfruit, horned melon, winter melon, tomatoes, peppers, kiwi, and apples. We opened the fruits up to take a closer look at the properties of seeds. We counted the number of seeds in each fruit and discussed the following properties: texture, size and color. This week we learned about hydroponics. We "planted" four different types of seeds in sprouters. We hope to grow the seeds using only water.
All-Star of the Week
Brock was our class All-Star this week. The class enjoyed his sharing sack items and read aloud. We also enjoyed hearing his wonderful parent letter. We were surprised to learn Brock can dance, but we couldn't get him to dance in class for us! Brock's mom was his special lunch buddy on Thursday.
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