Paul Revere, Abigail Adams, Robert Goddard and Benjamin Franklin shared with us a few of their famous accomplishments.
In Social Studies, students read about the daily life of a Pilgrim boy named Samuel Eaton. A busy day spent fetchinig water, collecting firewood, helping with the meals, and joining his father in the rye harvest left little time for play!
Below, Billy and Isabella, Derek and Ryan C. partner read Samuel Eaton's Day.
As we learn our 2s, 5s, 9s, and 10s multiplication facts, we used a hundreds chart to notice patterns. All multiples of 2 are even and have a 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 in the ones place. Multiples of 5 have a 0 or a 5 in the ones place and we noticed the tens digit increases while the ones digit decreases in multiples of 9. Be sure to study multiplication facts each night! :)
Two weeks ago, author and illustrator Kate Sullivan visited Memorial Park and read her fictional story On Linden Square. She talked to us about the importance of characters in stories and suggested ways to describe them that would engage and interest the reader. She inspired us to draw and write character descriptions about people in our neighborhood using physical traits as well as observations we have made about them. What a treat it was to have her read our writing!
In Writer's Workshop, students wrote persuasive pieces from the point of view of alliterative turkeys. Writers had to convince readers to NOT cook them on Thanksgiving. In addition to giving three reasons why they should not be eaten, writers added supporting details and an alternative solution.
Rosie shares her persuasive piece with a few of Miss O'Day's buddy readers.
With personal narratives edited and revised, writers celebrated their accomplishments in the Share Chair. We offered compliments, questions, and suggestions to these budding writers.
Next week, we dig deeper to find the main idea of stories and passages and begin a unit on informational texts. Topic 6 in math introduces us to the 3, 4, and 6 multiplication tables!
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