December 13, 2019

 

Greetings from Room 116!

Can you believe it’s already mid-December! What a busy time of the year! Here is a quick recap of our past week:

ELA: We read nonfiction books connected to our science unit on life cycles and created posters featuring main idea, key details, and text features. We also added description and sensory details to our personal narrative writing (show don’t tell). In spelling, we studied the long o/oa,ow phonics principles.

Math: We worked on multi-step story problems, while using variables to represent the unknowns. We also practiced extending basic facts by multiples of 10.

Science/SS: We made observations about our bean plants as they entered their sprout phase of the life cycle. In addition, we published our Wampanoag biographies and worked on our replica Wampanoag village.

Other: In Library/Technology, we viewed our weather videos and expanded our coding expertise. During Calmer Choice, we discussed random acts of kindness. We also enjoyed several visits from Jezabel, who is the twin sister to our classroom elf Jingles.

Please remember that the EHBi Holiday Concert will begin at 10:00 am on Thursday, 12/19/19. Best wishes to all for a wonderful weekend!

Most Sincerely,

Ms. Feeney

December 6, 2019

 

Greetings from Room 116!

I hope that everyone was able to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with family and friends!! We really do have so much to be grateful for.

Here are some happy highlights from our very busy week.:

ELA: We continued to focus on non-fiction informational texts, focusing on text features and text structures. We also studied the long i/igh spelling principle, along with grammar rules for irregular plural nouns.

Math: We took our Mid-Module 3 assessment online and continued to work on multiplication and division problems involving factors from 5-10.

Science/SS: We examined the life cycle of plants and animals and tested our hypotheses regarding bean plant growth in various environments. We also worked on our Wampanoag autobiographies and started construction of our Wampanoag village.

Other: In Technology, we filmed our Weather videos and worked on coding. We also participated in Calmer Choice lessons about gratitude. In addition, Jingles, our classroom elf, has been entertaining us with daily visits.

Best wishes to all for a positively peaceful weekend!

Most Sincerely,

Ms. Feeney

November 26, 2019

Greetings from Room 116!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Turkey Trot Fun Run fundraiser. As always, we are extremely grateful for your support!!

Below is a quick recap of the past week and a half:

ELA: We practiced and performed our Readers Theatre legends and started an informational text genre study. We also studied the ea and ee spelling principle, along with grammar rules for plural nouns.

Math: We solved multiplication and division problems with the factors 5-10.

Science/SS: We examined the life cycle of cranberries and made our own cranberry sauce. We also created our own Wampanoag personas and began writing hybrid fictional autobiographies about our Wampanoag lives.

Other: In Technology, we worked on our Weather videos. We also enjoyed several Calmer Choice lessons. We celebrated our hard work with a well-earned pajama party!

Please note that there is no school from Wednesday , November 27th, through Sunday, December 1st, in observance of the Thanksgiving break. Best wishes to all for blessed holiday!

Sincerely,

Ms. Feeney