Soooo many events happening! :)

We have had so much going on in the classroom lately!  We've been researching animals with books and computers, learning about different text features in non-fiction books, rounding numbers, and helping one another!

Most of this has been done through integration across the curriculum.  In reading groups, we've been identifying and using text features in non-fiction texts.  This helps us when we have a specific question about the animals we are researching for our writing unit.  Knowing the different text features will also help us create individual chapters on the animals we've researched in the upcoming weeks.  Our research has given us insight into the food chains and animal adaptations we've been studying in science.

Please read through the different tabs to further your understanding of what's been covered in class lately and what's upcoming!

Here are a few fun pictures of BEE Bop!  Students ran laps around the field with music as a helper!  Occasionally, I had some who stopped BEE Boppin' and walked with me.  Enjoy!

There is so much happening these days...

Students have done so much over the last two weeks.  We've gone from knowing the value of digits in the ones, tens and hundreds to knowing the value of digits in the thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands...quite a leap!  Students are also now familiar with vocabulary terms for food chains.

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Students also heard Ali Pfautz, The Story Lady, perform her new book No More Slooping, Sara Sue!  Ali is a friend of mine from high school MANY years ago.  Ali just published her first book and I snagged her before she became too famous.  ;-)  Students slooooooooped right along with her as she performed the story.  Students heard how long it took to write her book, how many drafts it took to get it just right, and the process to get it published.  In our "rose" share at the end of the day, they indicated that it "take a lot of writing to make a book!" 

Ali will be at Over the Moon bookstore on Sunday, October 12th, at 3pm.  Take your children to listen to more of her stories!