Mar. 7 - 11

Language Arts - Our letter of the week was "w" and our sight word was "what."  We read the story Where the Wild Things Are and discussed what is real and make-believe.  We responded to the story by recalling the beginning, middle and end of the story.  We read a non-fiction book about whales and wrote a four square.  We read a fiction story, Dear Mr. Blueberry which contained some whale facts and added another letter-writing opportunity in Writer's Workshop.  We also enjoyed the story Mrs. Wishy Washy.  We continue to work on writing words (sound blending).  Some of the words have digraph (sh, ch, ck, th) and some have blends (spl, st, nd, gl.)

Math - We are focusing on estimating!  We use what we know (such as what the amount of 10 items looks like) and make a "smart guess" to estimate.  We also are practicing count on to add, simple addition problems, instant recognition and more than/less than.

Social Studies - Our Citizenship Cool Tool for the week was Mind Your Manners.  Saying please and thank you, greeting students and teachers with a "hello," being a good listener, and taking turns are ways that we can mind our manners.  Thank you to our guest reader, Mr. McDonagh who could authentically read two fun Irish tales (about leprechauns!)  We enjoyed listening to his Irish brogue!

Science - We are enjoying our unit on magnets!  We learned about attract and repel, north and south poles, what magnets stick to and what magnets stick through.  It is fun to observe, predict, experiment, record data, and interpret what we discovered!  We are scientists!

Notes - I believe I forgot to notify you of last week's post, so please read the post prior to this one.  I have one parent volunteer for next week's Literacy Centers.  Let me know if you are interested (3/16 @ 1:10-1:45)  Have a great weekend!