We celebrated the arrival of April by taking science outside! Students journeyed around the school grounds to find objects made of the earth materials we've been studying. Students found structures and objects made of clay, silt, sand, gravel, pebbles, and even boulders on their walk. They took field notes as they observed and used that information to create a class chart to show where we saw the different earth materials being used.
In math, we've been practicing buying and giving change. Students overpaid when buying school supplies. Their partners then had to give them back the correct change. We've been practicing the 'counting up' method to make change (if someone bought a 72 cent pencil and paid with 3 quarters, the partner would count up from 72 to 75 to make the correct change). This is a skill that benefits from lots of opportunities to practice, and is easy to turn into fun math games at home!
In Readers' Workshop, we've been focusing on strategies that help us figure out tricky words, now that we are reading more difficult texts where the pictures don't always give us clues. Check out this
VIDEO to learn more!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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