January 10. 2011

We all survived a full week after the Holiday Break and Mrs. Busch and I feel like we got a lot accomplished!  In Reading we are working on the story, "A Very Important Day."  Skills we are covering are: spelling patterns -ur, -or, and -ir, idioms, categorizing and classifying information, possessives, and journal writing.  In Math this past week we took the test for Unit 4 and will begin Unit 5: Big Numbers, Estimation, and Computation on Tuesday.  I also introduced the kids to Pentominoes, a puzzle that consists of 12 pieces that one manipulates to form geometric shapes, usually squares and rectangles.  They also practiced these on a website that let them solve easy, medium, and hard puzzles.  "Motion and Design" is the current Science unit the kids are working on and this week they will be constructing their own vehicles.  Pictures to come!   REMEMBER the end of the 2nd quarter is Thursday and all reading goals are due by that afternoon at 3:30!  Have a good week!