October 5th - 8th

Happy Friday everyone! I want to thank the students of room 17 for a great week of learning. I hope that you have a chance to get together with family (safely of course) and celebrate each other.  Yesterday, we took the time to discuss what we are grateful in our lives and the students did an amazing job of thinking of all the many things we are thankful for.  

In Writing, we are looking at expanding our sentences to include more than just a subject and verb by using Triple Scoop adjectives and more details to give our readers an even clearer picture through our words. Students are also becoming more cognizant of what a sentence needs to start with (Upper case letter) and ending our sentences with some form of punctuation. The more practice we have a chance to do, the greater the improvements the students can expect to make.

In Mathematics, we continue to explore the definition of addition and strategies we can use to add more complex numbers together efficiently.  We also continue to look at patterns and explaining the pattern we are creating with a pattern rule.  The students are also developing the awareness of patterns in the world around us within movements in dance and also in our weekly music classes. 

In Science, we have been looking at the characteristics of spiders and how they differ from insects. As well, we continue to explore insects and the various types we can see in the world around us. From ladybugs to beetles, we talk about how they are different, similar and protective measures they have to avoid predators.

In Social Studies, we are looking at the various physical regions that makes up each community and will relate it to what people are able to grow, types of jobs available in the community and how their culture is formed.  We will then look at "virtually" visiting each community, how long it takes to travel there and what items we would want to pack in our suitcase in order to be comfortable.

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend and see everyone on Tuesday!