I am really looking forward to wrapping up our study of bats and spiders this week. It has been such a funny mini unit, with great research and nonfiction reading.  

We have started our study of geometry and arrays in math. Last week, we also started working on math fluency with addition, subtraction and multiplication. Each student gets to work at his/her own pace so the sky is the limit!  

October 9, 2015

Happy Friday everyone!
Today, we listened to and read a story about bats, on RAZ- Kids. 

We have been studying these fascinating creatures this week and are amazed at the variety of species.  In addition, we have learned some great new vocabulary like: insectivore, echolocation, sonar, and adaptation. 

We have compared and contrasted birds and bats, by reading the story Stellaluna. You can have  your child listen to the book on line here-  Stellaluna- audio book, read aloud 

In writing, we wrote about an experience with a spider.  They will be displayed outside of our classroom. If you have a chance to stop by, you can use Aurasma to scan the pictures. This will pull up a video of the author reading their own story. Here is a quick video on what Aurasma is- 

Aurasma

You can download the app for free. 

October 8th, 2015

Today in class we had our first Mystery Skype with Ms. Walls class in North Carolina.  What is a Mystery Skype you ask?  Another class somewhere in the United States, and ours connects through Skype. We try and figure out what state they are located in by asking yes or no questions, kind of like 20 questions format. Afterwards, we ask each others classes about their school or town. It was really fun.