No Snow!

The Golden Eagles have been rather busy this week.  We've been learning about that tricky silent 'e' that is showing up more and more in the books we've been reading.   We've been learning rhymes and playing lots of games to learn the difference between a sleepy 'e'  and a bossy 'e' (for all of you who might have forgotten: a sleepy e doesn't change the vowel sound up front, but a bossy e makes the vowel up front say its name).  Ask your child if they can explain the difference!

In math, we are trying to strengthen our FACT POWER!  Everyday Mathematics's definition of fact power is: "When students can recite addition fact sums as easily as reading 1-digit numbers, they will  have developed fact power for these facts".  We have started learning about turn around facts and practicing them to help with fact power.  For example, the turn around fact for 6+2=8 is 2+6=8.  Here is a student explaining it in her own words.

The holiday season brings with it the opportunity to learn about how a variety of cultures celebrate during this time of year.  We've been reading stories about Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Hanukkah and were lucky enough to have Beth Lowenstein visit and share some Hanukkah traditions like the dreidel game with us!

But, we noticed one important thing was missing...SNOW! Since mother nature has been holding back, we decided to make it snow everyday! We read The Snow Speaks and then decorated our windows for the season.