Well, the excitement at the end of our hallway was definitely the first snowfall of the year! The talk is about sledding, fort building, and skiing! Snow pants, coat, boots, hat, and gloves are a must daily!
For Social/Emotional Learning, Mrs. Garland’s class started the Second Step program with a lesson on how to state what happens in their brains when they learn a new skill. Mrs. Quinn’s class has been developing strategies with rethinking in mind.
For ELA, the third graders read, listened, discussed, and wrote about the characteristics of amphibians, focusing on frogs. The children started their giant animal classification/characteristics mural to display their learning. They also practiced the suffixes and prefixes. Across the hall, fourth- and fifth-graders have begun holiday-themed chapter books. For grammar, they are looking at adjectives and adverbs. This carries over into their writing as they develop the plots of their narratives.
During math class, the third-grade students are working on using algorithms to subtract within 1,000. The fourth graders continue to explore fractions through addition & subtraction with like denominators and reading a ruler. At the same time, the fifth graders have started a new unit focused on multiplying fractions.
In science, the students will do several experiments focused on erosion, deposition & the water cycle, as well as create a Land & Water Dictionary. Completing and presenting their individual state projects was super exciting for the fifth graders. If you see a fifth grader, ask them to tell you about Michigan, California, and/or Alaska!
