Week 12: Nov. 21-25, 2011

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We had a short, cold week. Snow fell over the weekend so that means it is time to get the boots, snow pants, gloves, hats, and coats ready for winter. We learned about communities this week in social studies. It is always fun to share about our communities.

Week 11: Nov. 14-18, 2011

We were sure busy this week! In math we are working on how to count money and make change. Students enjoy working with the fake bills and coins during these lessons. In science we finished our measurement unit with an assessment and moved on to ornithology. Students learned the four ways to identify birds. We had a bird identification lesson with Mrs. Koch later in the week. It was fun to show her our newly learned bird id skills!

Week 10: Nov. 7-11, 2011

This week's highlight was the Monarch Fair! It was so fun to see everyone who attended our Monarch Fair Thursday night. The students have worked so hard on all of their monarch projects. We were able to see all the finished projects in the gym Friday morning before they were all taken down. The Scholastic Book Fair was at our school this week. It is always fun to see the students so excited about new books. In science we worked on our metric measurement unit and learned all about measuring volume and temperature.

Week 9: Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2011

November is here and the weather got a little cooler this week! We started a new geometry unit in math this week. Students are revisiting quadrilaterals and will be learning more about angles. In science we are studying the metric system and did many lessons on mass. We wrapped up the week with some blogging. On Friday students were able to spend some time updating their science blog with a post. It is so fun to see them so excited about sharing their knowledge and experiences. Enjoy the last few days of beautiful fall colors before all the leaves have fallen and don't forget to 'fall back'.

Week 8: Oct. 24-28. 2011