October 7, 2016

 

Greetings from Room 116!

What an amazing week we’ve had time travelling back to the 1600s as Pilgrims and Wampanoags. Thank you to our incredible PTAC and our parent chaperones who helped make our Plimoth Plantation/Mayflower field trip a huge success!

Other areas of work included:

ELA: We continued reading our mystery books, practicing predicting and summarizing strategies. In Spelling, we concentrated on oi/ow words, while focusing on the conjunctions or, and, but in Grammar.

Math: We deepened our understanding of the relationship between multiplication and division, remembering that division can be represented as a missing factor problem too. The quotient or answer too a division problem represents either the number of groups (factor #1) or the size of each group (factor #2).

Science/SS: We spent time learning more about and comparing/contrasting the lives of the Wampanoags and Pilgrims in the early 1620s.

Other: During Technology, we practiced Word document skills while writing about our social studies experiences this week.

I have attached another fall conference form with the remaining available time slots. Best wishes to all for a restful long weekend!

Sincerely,

 

Ms. Feeney

September 23, 2016

 

Greetings from Room 116!

It was so wonderful to see everyone at the EHBi Open House yesterday. What an amazing group of families we have!

Our classroom is now in full swing, and we are settling into our routines nicely. Below is a short summary of our third week of school:

ELA: We read nonfiction books to accompany our science unit, focusing on elements such as headings, captions, diagrams, and vocabulary. We also listened to several fictional read alouds, while practicing prediction strategies, to begin our study of the mystery genre. In Spelling, we continued our review of short vowels with a look at short e and short o. During Writer’s Workshop, we published autobiographical poetic pieces.

Math: We continued our study of multiplication concepts, focusing on the commutative property, related multiplication/division facts, and the break-apart/distributive strategy. We also took our mid-module assessment.

Science/SS: We finished our fabulous group posters. We also examined the forest life cycle and the different ways in which forest animals adapt to this changing environment.

Other: During Technology, we learned how to personalize Word documents with various font and color options.

Best wishes to all for a fun-filled fall weekend!!

Sincerely,

 

Ms. Feeney