Week of November 21-23

This week is a short week due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday break.  I hope you enjoy the time with family and friends.

Week of November 14-18

W.A.L.T.:

• write paragraphs from a brainstorm 'tree' to build a mini-essay
• identify red herrings while listening to the story Mystery at the Club Sandwich
• recognize that mysteries teach readers valuable life lessons
• read, write, and order numbers through ten-thousands and explore place value to millions
• study crayfish behavior and adaptations

REMINDERS:
Field Trip to Hydroponics Farm on Friday.
Library is Friday.

Photo Peach

Click on the link (title of post) to go to Photo Peach, a tool that can be used to make slideshows with pictures.  Log in with username: mrsbuxton and password: g3 to watch the photo slideshows students created from pictures taken on our Science Center field trip.

Week of October 31-November 4

I hope everyone had a great holiday break!  This week began with a very fun day celebrating Halloween.  Thank you to all of the parent volunteers who helped make it a success.

Other highlights from the week are:

• learning about mysteries
  (students have enjoyed discovering new vocabulary associated with this genre and identifying the story elements of a mystery)
• checking out mystery books from the library to begin an at-home project (due Nov 21st)
  (project guidelines will go home in Friday Folders...I will also add them to the blog)
• exposing the students to a mini-essay through a Brain Pop video
  (students will apply what they have learned about paragraphs to begin a five paragraph essay)
• investigating if seeds can grow with just water and setting up mini-sprouters
• moving on to multiplication and division in math

REMINDER:
Monday is a public holiday so there is no school