We have been busy! 

It's test taking time so they can razzle dazzle you at conferences with all their knowledge. Rotations have begun. Yay! In Mrs. Well's room they learned about the Louisiana Purchase. Mrs. Wrigley started teaching geometry. Mrs. Wiser and I are partnering up for science. Mrs. Wiser is teaching concepts of electricity and in my room we're investigating the force of magnetism. Ms. Cozza is working with them on test taking skills and how to use computer tools that are available to them. 

Science

Prairie View students filled the Hawk nest with Hawk awards 

and school wide Bingo was the reward!

Congratulations to our winners!

Reading

Ask your reader about Martin Luther King Jr. and the new knowledge they have about this famous American. We worked on summarizing, author's purpose and many new vocabulary words. This week's one to answer: Name the 3 purposes that inspire authors to write.

Way to go Dean, Quentin, and Kyra!

Writing

This week we'll begin writing our narrative. Your author's writing task is to write a narrative with all its part and include information about a country of their choice in their story. Ask your author about their work. 

Math

We are wrapping up our work with multiplication and division. Your mathematician should be able to multiply a 2 digit number by a 2  digit number and tackle a division problem with a dividend to the hundreds place and a single digit divisor. A plethora of strategies have been placed in their mathematics tool box. We learned about factors and multiples and have solved many word problems.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's a look back at the holidays!

On to what we've been working on this year!

Math: Mathematicians have been working hard on "long division style" as we call it after learning a song to help us remember the steps. This week's one to answer is  87 divided by 7. Write the problem down and show the steps. Don't forget to check your work by multiplying the quotient and the divisor to get the dividend, or whole. This week we're working on listing factors for numbers and determining whether or not they are composite or prime.

Writing: Narrative is the target. We mapped out "The Snowman" to identify the elements of a narrative and discussed their purpose. Have your author tell you what they know. Next, we will start working on the prompt which will require a lot of reading and note taking.  Stay tuned!

Art: Mrs. Peffer took us to Narnia in art! Artists used a variety of geometric shapes and explored the concept of perspective to create the setting. Take a look at the finished product!