Happy Birthday, Daniel! Thank you so much for bringing yummy cupcakes for us all to enjoy!
We decided today that because we will not be getting our "Together we Can" drafts published in time for submission, we are going to turn our paragraphs into Acrostic Poems. We will be continuing our making of those tomorrow.
In reading, we got through 3 rotations of our groups which is all of them, but they were very short because of several interruptions. Groups A, D, and E got to try our new NonFiction PLINKO game! Groups B and C will tomorrow! Our focus was differentiating between Fantasy and Reality. Things like a dog in a story are reality, but a talking dog who drives to work is obviously something that cannot happen so it is fantasy. We also worked on bringing our ORQs we did last Friday on "All the Way to the Duck Pond" to a FOUR. We have got to remember to use our "bunny ears" as we pull information and details from the story to support our reasonings. There is NO homework in Reading EXCEPT to read your usual 15-20 minutes...AND DO NOT FORGET that your Spelling Packet is due Friday, October 1st which is also the date of your Spelling Test.
We are getting sooooooo much better at subtracting with borrowing and regrouping in MATH!!! I was soooo proud of us today! We were even able to determine what "Bobby Sue" and "Billy Bob" did wrong on their math problems. A good mathematician is able to find mistakes in math and help correct them. :)
No homework in Mrs. Ingold or Mrs. Thomas' math classes. Mrs. Thomas' class will be completing the Chapter 4 review tomorrow in class and playing a game with numbers.
Science was SO MUCH FUN too! We got in groups and each group had a specific ecosystem. All members participated in drawing the ecosystem on large colored butcher paper and several animals that live there. We then wrote special adaptations that each plant or animal in the ecosystem has that enables it to survive in that environment. Tomorrow, we will finish our large drawings and then decide how adaptations on a made up animal enable it to survive.
Today, we also began our "Kindness is Rewarding" heart contest. This will be an ongoing activity where peers can recognize other peers for doing something kind for them. If someone decides to recognize a neighbor for doing something kind, that neighbor will get a heart hung on our doorframe with their name on it for special recognition. At the end of every week, Mrs. Thomas will take all of the hearts and draw out one. The student whose name is drawn gets a prize! Therefore, it is better to have as many hearts with your name on it as possible because that increases your chances of your name being drawn. This contest is to encourage us to be kind friends and neighbors as that is a community that we strive to be a part of as it is most likely to thrive because we feel supported, accepted, and loved.
I love each of you for who you are as you are all special to me! Whooooooo loves you?!? I DO! That's who!
xoxo,
Mrs. Thomas
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