Week 18 (Jan 23-27)


In literacy this week, we took are 'dash facts' about our animal and learned how to turn them into a paragraph or report about animals.  We talked about 'hooking our reader' with an interesting beginning and adding voice and reaction into our fact writing to keep the reader interested.  We also created a list of 'fancy fact starters' so that each fact is presented differently.  In word work this week, we focused on 'Bossy R' words, that make the vowel in front of them make the long sound.  On Thursday, we used our letter tiles to build words with 'Bossy R's' in them.  



In math this week, we began talking about time.  We learned about the different parts of a clock, the hour hand and the minute hand.  We learned that each number represents 5 minutes on the clock and how hours and minutes are related.  On Friday, we did our 1st clothes line math activity, using our skills reading analog clocks to put the different times in order.






In Science this week, we continued our study of hearing and sound.  This week we explored many concepts through stations.  Learning that sound travels well through solids, and we can amplify sound by adding a cone shape to our ears.  



We also designed and drew our own Cuckoo clocks during our art period.  The grade 3's came up with some really neat ideas for a clock and were eager to share them on the blog with you.


Looking Ahead to Next week:

1. In Literacy, we will learn how to write an ending to our animal report.

2. In math, we will learn about elapsed time and using a 24-hour clock.

3. In Science, we will go on a Field Trip to Studio Bell

Important Reminders:

1. Library Day - this Thursday!

2. Please continue to work on your READO- home reading Bingo's 

3. Please start collecting Kleenex boxes, toilet paper rolls are tin cans for our instrument building.

4. Winter Walk Day on Thursday, Feb 2nd - dress for the weather


Happy Weekend,

Mrs. Stringer

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