New Week

Now that the CMTs are over, we can finally return to our normal routine.  On Friday, students thoroughly enjoyed the ice cream celebration!

This morning we resumed our spelling with Word Study. We are also starting a new unit in Literacy - Mysteries.  Students have chosen their books and are starting to work in their Detective Notebooks. In math, we are continuing to investigate 4 and 5 digit numbers.  We are finishing up our stories based on the book, The Red Balloon, and next we will start a new unit on persuasive writing. Lastly, in social studies, students are researching South America; they will create books (ABC, scrapbooks, travel diaries) on their "adventures."

Things to remember:

Thursday - x7 quiz
Friday - Japanese Storytelling

Music from South America

My former student from last year shared many interesting instruments from his travels in South America. 

A little down-time after CMTs!

High Touch High Tech - chemistry fun!

Our Friends in Asia

We have been studying the continent, Asia.  Students selected various countries and researched geography, cultures, and resources.  They created paper dolls to represent traditional clothing, and presentated their research to teach each other about the countries in Asia.

Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Burma

Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia

United Arab Emirates, Laos, India, North Korea

Mongolia, China

South Korea, Iraq, Nepal

Asia

Are you an expert of the geography of Asia?  Try this fun map game and see if you can find the countries in Asia.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/asia-map-game.php

Animal Embassy

We enjoyed a marvelous Animal Embassy program on Friday. Mr. Evers brought some interesting animals to class and we learned about animal habitats and adaptations.  We can't wait until the follow-up in the spring!