We are now working on different strategies for adding and subtracting whole numbers.
We are also working to pass our timed multiplication tests. We complete these once a week.
Read Aloud:
We have finished Skeleton Creekby Patrick Carman, and have started Ghost in the Machine by him for our class read aloud. Ghost in the Machine is the continuation of Skeleton Creek.
This book has videos every few days of reading. If your child finds the videos too scary I ask them to sit in the hall during the videos.
The website for the videos is:
www.sarahfincher.com
I will upload the passwords here as we watch the videos in class:
Skeleton Creek Passwords
houseofusher
theraven
pitandpendulum
amontillado
drjekyllandmrhyde
peterquint
lucywestenra
miltonarbogast
tanginabarron
Ghost in the Machine Passwords
leonardshelby
jacktorrance
I have asked students not to watch the videos before-hand because they will not fully understand them without the book and it will ruin the end of the book for them.
Social Studies:
We are starting to learn about explorers this week!
Students will be researching the explorers in small groups and then teaching the class about what they learned.
Science:
We are almost finished learning about the planets. We finishing up our planet research books in class.
We are going to be learning about animals. We, along with some of the other classes, will be creating zoo habitats in class.
Our class will be researching and creating a habitat for different amphibians.