Our Glorious Day

 We began today preparing for Grandparents' Day on Thursday. Can't wait to share all that we have learned with our grandparents!

Grammar- We went over our worksheets on action verbs. Everyone did a wonderful job! We also made matching games. Each student is going to be making cards for parts of speech and other definitions. As we learn more and more, the cards will help us review what we already know!


Spelling- We went over each word in List 6, discussing the tricks and tips for them all. We all agree that the trickiest word in this list is quotient. Make sure to focus on that one in particular! Today's spelling lesson turned into full blown math! We used pencils to illustrate a division problem. We figured out the dividend, the divisor, and the quotient, as we divided the pencils into equal groups.


Handwriting- What beautiful handwriting border sheets! We hung out sheets up for the class to see. Each week, we will add our border sheets to the wall. Great job!

Math- In addition to our conversation on division in spelling today, we learned about rounding and estimation. It was mostly a review for everyone, but I wanted to make sure we discussed it before our Teaching Textbook lesson tomorrow.

Social Studies- After a quick review, the students and Mr. Dennis learned all about Christopher Columbus! They have a packet on Christopher Columbus that they can review at home.


Art- Ms. Nancy taught us about a new element or art today: Texture! The students took turns reaching into backs, describing the textures of the items inside. It was so hard not to think about what the item actually was, but to focus on describing the texture! She taught us about tactile texture. These are textures that we feel.

Music- Today, Mrs. Beresford was so impressed by all of the practice that the students have been doing! She taught us an activity with Low, High, and Middle.... where the kids practiced moving their “low, high, middle, high” fingers (1, 5, 3, 5) on their left hands. Practice playing C, G, E, G on the left hand. Your right hand will eventually be doing something else! (This is gearing up for “Hot Cross Buns” in the book). Video to follow!