September 27th

We had a great day today!  I was so proud of their listening skills!  This morning we learned about the Native Americans with Cathy and we built a teepee with Dan.  It was a great team building experience.  You would of been proud of your kids!

Here we are after we built out teepee!

Working as a team building our teepee!

Learning about Native Americans!

Girls on one side....

This afternoon we met our buddies for the first time.  The students interviewed each other.

We began Unit 2 in Fundations.  The students will be reviewing suffixes, forming regular and irregular plural nouns, and they will learn 1-1-1 spelling rule.  This means that when the word has one syllable, one vowel, and one consonant, and you add a suffix in: you double the consonant. 

The students are getting ready for our realistic fiction unit.  This week we were immersed in all realistic books.

During math we started learning strategies to add and subtract mentally.  Each child will use a strategy that best fits their learning style.

Next week we will begin writing our personal narratives.  The students are already showing enthusiasm about their writing.

I hope you all have a great weekend!