November 18, 2010

We have been up to so many fun things in class.  The year is flying by. 

Word Work Time: We have been learning about synonyms, antonyms, compound words, and contractions over the last 5 weeks.  As we learn each new word is becomes harder to remember them all.  Can you give an example of each type of word. 

Writing: We are beginning to learn about nouns.  Using exact, specific nouns in our writing adds detail and makes our writing more fun to read. 

Math:  We just started chapter 3.  We are reviewing telling time and counting money.  Earlier this week we counted our pockets.  Then we made a bar graph and found the maximum, minimum, range, and median.  We are still working hard on our addition facts.  Lots of kids are passing their monkey math tests. 

Reading:  This quarter all the reading classes are learning about non-fiction features.  We are also working on finding the main idea and supporting details in a non-fiction book. 

Jr. Achievement:  We have been so lucky to have 4 lessons with Mr. Tracy over the past month.  Next Wednesday is our last lesson.  We are learning about communities.  We learned that there are products and services.  We got into assembly lines in order to make donuts, paid taxes, and voted on a mayor for our town.  It is so much fun!!! 

Coming up!!  Tomorrow we have a special guest form Northwest Fire Department.  We had so much fun at Mini Muster I know this will be fun. 

Next week Homework:  There will be a project coming home on Monday.  You have all week to work on it.  You can even work on it over the 2 day break.  Don't forget- NO school on Thursday or Friday next week.