Earth Day!

We celebrated Earth Day this week on Monday, where students brainstormed ways we can help the Earth stay healthy!

Students then created a craft and wrote what they would do to help the Earth.

 

On Friday, students shared their continents.  They were very impressive!  Students really enjoyed doing this project and I was pleased by all the creativity they put into it.  We proudly displayed them in the hallway for others to see.

Did your child come home wearing coins about China?  That was our review this week on what we've learned!  Did you know Chinese coins had holes punched in them so that travelers could wear them around their neck to avoid being robbed?  Students had a good time creating coins that reflected their knowledge of Ancient China.  This week, we'll be studying Ancient Egypt - students are excited to learn about the sphinx, pyramids, and mummies!

High Flying Fractions and a Trip Around the World

While I was sorry to see our "food fractions" go, we are enjoying our display of our fraction kites outside our room from our last math unit.  We are currently working on regrouping with both addition and subtraction.  Students have learned how to estimate (to the nearest 10) and add, as well as how to regroup with adding ("the tens know how to party").

 We've also worked hard these past two weeks not only learning about where our continents are but WHAT they are like!  I'm sure you've seen the books coming home this week, but students have also been having some hands-on experience by viewing videos, pictures, and representations of animals found on the particular continent.  We've also read books about different places and even got a sneak peek of our next unit on Egypt and China! 

Friday, we brought home maps we created about places in the world, as well as places in the United States we need to learn.  Having this will help your child review for our "places" test this week!

Finally, we have some special visitors in our classroom and are watching them develop into butterflies.  Late this week, we noticed they were heading up to the top to form their chrysallis!  We're so excited to see the changes that will come about in a couple of weeks! :)