Back in the Swing of things

Wow! I can't believe how time gets away from us! We have been hard at work in the classroom, learning subtraction strategies and money in math. In literacy we have been continuing to learn about good sentences, rhymes, and things good writers do!

 We wrote thank you letters to Dr. Ellis and Dr. King, thanking them for teaching us about how to have healthy teeth.

 This is our song to learn the continents of the world. It is sung to the tune of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"...

 We talked about different words that tell us to subtract and strategies we can use to help us solve subtraction problems. I encourage the students to know several different strategies to solve one problem! This will be important in later years when they have to explain HOW they got an answer.

We have read numerous Froggy books, discussing the adventures that Froggy goes on. The kids really LOVE Froggy! Especially when he does something silly!

The students also had to write an opinion piece, stating what there favorite Froggy book was and why it was their favorite. Notice that this student has written 3 complete sentences, that is the MINIMUM number of sentences that students must write now.

Another Froggy writing. This writing also has three sentences, and has a very detailed picture to accompany the writing.