February 28th

Science: Students used their sketches from last week to create landform models out of salt dough. Pairs of students also made keys to match their models. Next week they will paint their models in art class! We also learned more about bodies of water this week by doing a scavenger hunt using globes. Students identified oceans, rivers, bays, lakes, and seas.

 

Math: This week we worked on adding and subtracting three digit numbers in word problems. We also learned about subtracting across zeros.

Reading: This week we enjoyed reading an African folktale called Why the Sky is Far Away. As we read this story, we determined the theme of the story, used context clues to determine the meaning of new words, examined character traits, and identified the problem and solution. We have also been working on finding examples of cause and effect in fiction stories. We found several examples in Mr. Peabody’s Apples and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. In phonics, we are learning the au, aw, and al patterns (stalk, haunt, draw).

Writing: We finished writing our fictional narrative drafts this week. Then, we worked on revising to add transition words, adjectives, adverbs, and sensory details. Finally, we edited our writing, paying special attention to how to punctuate dialogue correctly.