Hello families,
What wonderful spring weather we've had this week! I hope you've been enjoying it at home, too. I was happy to see so many students bringing in water bottles to stay hydrated. Kids are free to keep a water bottle at their tables all day to help us all drink enough as the days get warmer. Our north-western exposure room gets a lot of afternoon sun so it's toasty in here after lunch!
Students finished up the writing and editing process for their PLPs and on Thursday our sixth grade buddies help us type them. I'll finish formatting and printing them and we'll be ready for the last few steps next week! The first and second graders have been working tremendously hard on this long writing project so I'd love to celebrate their accomplishments with all of you. Please mark your calendar with the date of our Author's Tea--Thursday May 21 2:30-3:15. We'll read our PLPs in small groups and enjoy some iced tea & cookies! I hope someone (parent, sibling, family friend) can make it so each of our author's has someone special to them to read their PLP to. (We have 1 bottle of juice already but can someone make a pitcher or two of iced tea? Also, please let me know if you can bring in some cookies to share.)
We practiced moving in the cardinals directions all over the United States in our NEWS game on our US rug. We reviewed some map skills and made maps including land and water, looked at maps of the whole world, North America, and the United States. On Friday we also made block buildings and practiced drawing maps with a "bird's eye view" instead of map symbols.
In math second graders have been working with geometry, fractions, subtraction, and addition. They've also been dissecting story problems--being detectives to look for clues about which part is unknown (start, change, or result).
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Happy Mother's Day!
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