Week ending 5/12/17

Hello families!
I see next week is really going to look and feel like May and I can't wait!  Have you seen the new blue table on the playground?  It's fantastic!

Important information:

• China projects are due on THURSDAY, May 18th.  Please be sure that both the project and the written information is here on that day.  We will start sharing them to teach each other what we learned while researching.  

3, 2, 1 things you should know about our week...

3 pourquoi stories we heard were How Zebras Got Their Stripes, How Grandmother Spider Got the Sun, and Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears.  

* Ask your child to tell you why we hear mosquitoes buzzing in our ears!  

2 math activities we worked on were solving measurement story problems and solving the problem, How many skittles were in the light bulb?  It was a good activity!  We had lots of information to solve it but it was a good time to really focus on the details of our addition strategies and practice sharing out thinking and solving skills.  They each solved it a little bit different so it was really informative for them to hear other ways.  

1 writing activity we began was writing book awards!  The students love this!  They choose a book they enjoy and write an award for it.  The awards are varied and I don't think many are the same so it'll be very interesting!  

* Ask you child which book and award they are writing about.