We're Back!

I apologize for the hiatus but the classroom is finally back to "normal" after the flood.  Last Friday students got their new writing folders and have been busy writing books on things that they know and love.  Today I read the book My Dog Rosie and we discussed how authors and illustrators write books on one topic (Rosie was on every page and looked mostly the same) and the words and pictures makes.  Writers also take risks and don't ask "how do you spell...?" but rather if "you can say it, you can spell it!" saying words slowly and writing the sounds that they hear.

We started our third math unit on measurement.  Today we thought about what we think when we hear the word measure or measurement.  I showed this video from Sid the Science Kid to think about how and what we can use to measure objects:

We discussed the importance of using words like: taller than, shorter than, the same length, heavier or lighter instead of bigger and smaller.