A Week in Review

We had another great week! Enjoy some pictures from this week's activities.

Alvin and Chipmunks Fact Family Practice 

Kite Fact Family Craft 

Some finished fact family kites. 

How-To Draw a Leprechaun 

 Word Sort

Fast Money: Coin counting game 

More fast money game

9 in all Board Set-Up

9 in all directions 

Who is worth more to you than gold?

I asked our class this question and here are a few of their answers...

Some Good Clean Fun

Today we ditched the whiteboards and used shaving cream to practice math. It was a HUGE hit and loads of fun.

Science: Solids

Yesterday we explored properties of objects even more. We learned that solids are things that don't change shape when picked up or moved. We also discussed that scientists can compare solids by hardness. So we got our tray of objects and compared them by performing a scratch test.

Fact Families

Last week we learned some strategies for addition facts to 18. This week we are learning strategies for subtraction facts to 18. We started the week talking about Fact Families. Fact Families help to show students the different ways they can rearrange numbers to make sense. It always helps to relate addition to subtraction. We have many fun activities to help us practice. 

Happy Read Across America Day!

WOW! What a great day we had at our READ-A-THON. We read many different kinds of books. Had people read to us, and even listened to stories online. We read under tables and blankets, to ourselves and with buddies. Overall it was a fabulous day and we got to really ENJOY reading.

Seuss-tastic Fun

We did an activity today to get us ready and excited for our READ-A-THON tomorrow!

We watched a Brain Pop Jr. video on Dr. Seuss and made Seuss Juice (half lemon-lime juice and half fruit punch). The kids wrote a "How-to Make Seuss Juice" and followed it up by exploring it with their 5 senses. As they worked we also worked a little Seuss magic with a great Apple App called Seuss Camera.