A Big Bite

The lack of snow over the past two weeks have enabled us to get a great deal accomplished in Room 23!  We have continued working on fractions in math and are adding and subtracting mixed numbers with regrouping; exciting!  Dog day was a huge success in reader's workshop.  We started the morning by dancing to, "Who let the dogs out," and followed that with dog origami.  The snacks were very creative; well done everyone!  Ask your child for all of the details.  We have been making good progress in Snow Treasure, our latest interactive read aloud and many students have been participating in small book clubs.  Everyone will have an opportunity to participate in at least one book club this year if they have not already done so.  In writer's workshop, students are continuing to develop persuasive essays on the best dog for their family.  We have finished our travels around the northeast and will be taking a quick quiz on these concepts next week.  Make sure you are practicing your states and capitals!  Our life science unit is all about animal and plant adaptations and students have been working hard on learning these new skills.  We have completed several investigations and are learning how to write like scientists.

Cold weather means indoor recess and many students have been learning how to finger crochet!  They are teaching each other and are creating some very interesting crochet chains.  I love how creative this class is and how much they care about each other!