Weekly Update-September 28th

Dear Families,
It has been a wonderful week of learning in room 27.  We are wrapping up chapter one in math.  The children took their first math exam today.  We will begin multiplication on Monday. 

We visited Miss O'Neil in the Science Lab this week.  The children conducted an experiment where they placed an expanding sea creature toy into a cup of fresh or salt water.  They will be recording the effect the salinity has on its growth. 

In the computer lab we completed our Prezis and presented to the class.  The kids did an outstanding job. The Prezis will only get better as the year goes on.  Our next computer project will be on U.S. Presidents.

We have reached a pivotal moment in our read aloud, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.  The main character has changed schools and continues to face the challenges of being "wired".  We are all rooting for Joey to be successful at his new school. 

In Writer's Workshop, we wrote entries about family holidays and traditions.  We will be picking a seed idea and moving towards publishing soon. 

In Social Studies, we reviewed the basic principles of government and important U.S. documents.  We will be delving further into this topic next week.  We are requesting each child bring in a hanger for a special project related to the three levels of government.

We are so proud of our first blog.  Please let us know what you think of it by posting a comment.  Thank you!
-Alites