Our spooky Halloween week was a success! We weren't able to get a parade in on our rainy Wednesday afternoon, but we were on Thursday. It was so fun to see everyone in their costumes. We had water dragons, princesses, ninjas, Animal Crossing characters, and even a dinosaur! I hope your families are able to enjoy Halloween in some form this weekend!
We finished up our experiments with the different states of matter. We experimented with gases and solids this week! The students were willing to really dig in and get messy to help us count the seeds of our different varieties of pumpkins. The Ghost Pumpkin smelled sweet and only had about 200 seeds. The bumpy pumpkin smelled disgusting and had almost 800 seeds! We weighed them and even tested to see if they would float! Our gas experiments were exciting. We filled up a balloon with carbon dioxide and weighed the gas to see if it was heavier than other balloons. Next week, we're going to attempt to change some states of matter... it may get messy again... or delicious... who knows? In math, we're working on a lot of different strategies to manipulate numbers. Many of these strategies are actually mental math strategies. Ways to think about numbers in your head or patterns within numbers that can making adding easier. Next week we'll start looking at larger number and some of the tools that you can use to add larger numbers. We're going to introduce the tools first, but worry - they will learn to add using traditional methods as well later in the year. Lastly, in reading - we will be doing a slight shift. Instead of me doing read a louds to the class, we are going to shift to doing reading groups within the classroom. The students will have a video story at home on their remote days. They will have the option of answering a few questions using the microphone or typing. The only difference, because they've had these assignments before, is that it will be the first time they hear it. Having a conversation with your student about the story if they are struggling is absolutely fine. Feel free to note if any of the questions were too difficult. I can always touch base in the classroom. That's it from me! Have a great weekend! Upcoming Events: 👕 PTA Clothes Order Due Date: Sunday, November 1st 🗳️ Voting Day - Tuesday, November 3rd: NO SCHOOL A Look Ahead: 🗳️ Reading will have an election theme - the process, not the current candidates ➕ Using tools for larger numbers and exploring turn around facts 🍡 How can we change different states of matter? Let's experiment!
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