A Big Bite

Skype answers from the class in the southeast

The last two weeks have been very interesting here in room 23.  Spring has started, yet we had a snow day which cancelled the long comp, state wide!  This was a first for teachers and students.  When the long comp finally came this past Monday, everyone worked hard.  We are really excited to dive into the poetry unit and are looking forward to the rock poetry project on Friday, April 12th.  We are finishing up myths in reader's workshop andmany students have decided to try a book group with Miss Decker. They will be reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.  It's a challenging book and many of us are reading it with a parent or listening to it on tape.  In math we have been learning about area and perimeter and even designed a house for a ladybug family.  It was a lot of fun.  Miss Decker has started to teach us about wild weather like hurricanes, blizzards and tornadoes.  We are also going to be learning about the jet stream and ocean currents.  One of the highlights from the past two weeks was when we were able to Skype with a class in the Southeast.  In technology workshop with Mrs. Merten, we researched general information about Massachusetts and prepared answers to questions people might ask about our state.  When it was time to Skype with the other class, we learned that they had researched the same information about their state.  Through a series of question/answers with this other class, we were able to figure out what state they were in and they were able to figure out the same thing about us! Can you figure out what state they were in?  Look at the photo above for the answers to their questions. It was so much fun and we are excited to do the same activity with students from different regions around the country.
It has been great to get outside and run around at recess because it seems like spring may finally be here.  No more snow days, please!