April 20-24

Only 19 more days until we are second graders!  19 days is a short amount of time, but we have plenty of learning left.  We are working hard up until the last day of school.  Check out what we've been up to this week...

Reading
We continue our work in our Nonfiction Reading to Become Experts with..

• keeping track of our reading through writing
• participating in reading clubs
• using wonderings to help us choose a text
• summarizing and rephrasing new learning

Question:  How do you use a wondering you have to choose a text?

Writing

Our writing unit of Studying the Craft of a Nonfiction Mentor Author fits in perfectly with our current writing unit!  This week we...

• studied Jim Arnosky 
• studied National Geographic Kids
• learned how to use a search engine
• learned how to research a nonfiction topic

Question:  What is the writing style of the National Geographic Kids books?

Question:  How can you use a search engine to research a nonfiction topic?

Math

Geometry has been a lot of fun this week!  We are continue to learn how to...

• create composite shapes from 2D shapes using pattern blocks
• make a new shape from composite shapes using pattern blocks
• create composite shapes from 3D shapes using geo blocks
• describe composite shapes using shape names and positions

Question:  How can you make a hexagon using 1 hexagon and 6 trapezoids?

Science

Observing organisms has been a lot of fun and hard work!  This week we...

• planted our own seeds
• observed woodland plants
• observed freshwater plants
• observed freshwater snails
• observed guppies

Questions:  What was your favorite organism to observe this week?  Why?

Upcoming Dates

5/4 - Mrs. Nagy Out

5/8 - Field Trip to the Botanical Garden

5/14 - JA in a Day

5/15 - Edible Botany

5/20 - Flip Day

5/21 - Last Day of School (1/2 Day)