Update!

Hello!
I hope everyone is finding time to enjoy this Fall Weather!

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to this week...

We finished Module 2 in math-overall students did a great job on what is one of our more "tricky" assessments! We've started Module 3 and are taking an in depth look into place value and how we can use place value skills to be efficient counters. Did you hear how we started off the unit yesterday? We found an efficient way to count up 981 straws! We started by bundling groups of 10, then bundled those into groups of 100.

We are wrapping up unit 1 of our ELA work and will be taking an assessment next week. We WILL still have new sight words and homework next week, but no spelling test on Friday. The best way to help your child prepare for our ELA assessments is to read together and discuss what you are reading. For this assessment your child will be required to independently read two of the stories and listen to the other two.

For some Social Studies fun this week Miss Vachereau had us create maps of the classroom. The class learned about the different types of maps and different elements they might find on a map or put on a map they create.

We have a few more activities we'll be doing to explore buoyancy. Here are a few pictures of the fun we had exploring the different loads our boats could hold.

Using ceramic masses to test our boats.

How many will your boat hold? 

Oops! This boat was carrying a load too heavy for it's size! 

What's coming up:

October 16th - 31st: Collection for Puerto Rico hurricane victims 

October 31st: Halloween! Parade at 10:00am, 1/2 day for students, parent conferences in the afternoon.