We also read a story called Mole's Hill multiple times. This was a science based story, demonstrating how an animal can change it's environment to fit it's needs. Each time we read the book we learned new things.
In Writing Workshop, we learned that now that we are expert authors, we can tackle even the hardest of words! We practiced tricky words on white boards. They don't need to be spelled perfectly, although each should have a vowel, but we do need to try our best! We also learned about DIALOG within stories and some of us are experimenting with quotation marks.
We embraced subtraction this week. First, we looked a the difference between addition and subtraction. One is putting two sets together and the other is separating from a set. We used manipulatives to begin, then we learned about equations and the symbols involved (-), and lastly, we wrote equations ourselves.
We went back to our Second Step studies this week and we learned the most effective ways to calm down. It's okay to feel strong feelings, but we need to be able to calm them down before we make a bad choice. Ask your child the "Calming Down Steps" (put your hand on your belly, say the stop signal, name your feeling, take a belly breath).
We had a blast at Field Day this week!
News and Notes:
- book sleeves due on Monday. We will be getting our last round of books in our sleeves next week, either Monday or Tuesday.
- Please check the Theme Days note on the blog or the paper sent home
- Raz-Kids has been updated for your child to use all summer
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| Spelling tricky words |
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| Learning math symbols |
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| Forming equations to match subtraction stories |
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| Character Club Fun! |
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| Field Day Fun! |
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| Tug-O-War champions!! |
