A Big Bite

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It has been cold here in the Northeast, but not nearly as cold as in the Midwest.  These are pictures of Chicago this past week.  Don't you feel cold just looking at them?  Fortunately for us, we have been nice and warm inside, no outdoor recess this past week!

We continued to work on fraction in math and are getting ready for a test next Wednesday.  Everyone is working hard and participating even though some of these concepts are tricky.  We finished our study of weather maps and will be moving on to the water cycle, humidity and precipitation next.  We are almost done learning about Canada, and the test will be next Friday (after the chorus concert).  Then we will move on to The United States.  It is going to be so much fun to learn about our great nation.  Our focus in reader's workshop was on non fiction text structures and non fiction text features. These are very different  concepts and it has been exciting to examine non fiction books and identify different elements that we find in each.  Next week we will be starting a unit in writer's workshop on essay writing.  This will be our fourth writing genre for the year! In technology, Mrs. Merten introduced the Google accounts and how they will be used by students.  There were a few "sign in," issues, but after talking to the individuals at Google, everything should be all straightened out.  It was a very exciting lesson. Students, please click here to answer a few survey questions. Let's see how it goes!

Have a great weekend.:)  I hope to see all of you at the chorus concert next Friday at 9:00!

Mrs. Williams