Weekly Update 5/2/14

Hi Families!
It's been a busy week!  I hope all of you had a wonderful vacation.  The students were so excited to share what they did, where they went, or who they visited!
Important information:
* We have visitors from the Museum of Science coming next week to talk about life cycles.
* CAP permission slips went home and we will have our workshops the last 2 Tuesdays of this month. If you haven't sent in the slip, please do so on Monday.

In literacy, we've spent this week reviewing character traits, questioning before, during, and after read as well as working on story maps.  It's always important to review information we've learned this year.  Next week, we'll be starting poetry!
In math, we finished up our unit 10 on coins, making change, place value, and adding tens and ones to make a new number.  We also working on problems solving with money.
In writing, we've finished up our book reviews!  Yeah!  They are awesome!  I'm so impressed with all the hard work they've done!  If you have a chance, come visit our lockers and see our work!  Next week, we'll work on writing opinions about recess and lunches, as well as our ABC China book.  We will write it, illustrate it, and also type each page.
In science today, we planted brassica plants in preparation for our butterfly eggs to arrive next week.
In social studies, we've been finishing up China and learning about what a day is like for a child there compared to what a day is like for us.  We also talked about foods and other products from China.  Today, we had a special presentation!  We had visitors today from Ghana who shared their life and told stories.  The students loved it!  I sent you some pictures and a video…they were great!

Have a great weekend!