Reading - This week we will focus on using context clues to help us define unknown vocabulary when we read. We will also work on determining importance when we read.

Writing - This week students will finish their opinion piece about their favorite food. Students will state their opinion, supply reasons that support an opinion, using linking words (e.g. because and also) to connect opinion and reasons, and porvide a concluding statement. In mechanics, usage, and grammar students will be working on changing "y" to "i" and adding "es" when making a word plural that ends with a consonant followed by "y."  baby = babies.

Math - This week we will continue working on stategies for finding the missing addend in a number sentence. We will also work on finding equal addends for a given sum.  14 + 14 = 28.   Students work daily on a number of the day, problem solving, and activities that support the Common Core State Standards.

Inquiry - This week we will continue explore magnets, learn about magnetism, and test for magnetic strength to build our background knowledge of magnets.


Students discover that it is possible to make magnets float!



Anika tests magnetic strength.




Working with magnets can be fun!





Duache and Haley discover the strength in magnets.



Mitchell is a Winter Wonderland!