Updates/Challenge Time!

Hi Families, I told the students that we won't have our gumball quiz this week, instead they have an extra week to practice. We will take it next Friday. If your child received new math flashcards they should have come home yesterday. I am so proud of them! Even if they have not gotten a gumball, most of them were able to complete more than the previous week. They are doing so well.

Today we got to fly our paper kites! We have been reading some nonfiction books about kites. The kids learned some interesting facts! We also did an interactive writing piece "How to Fly a Kite". Then the students worked on their own booklets. I have some cute pictures to upload once my camera cooperates.

  This week we learned about oviparous animals. Your child is proud to know what that word means - ask them to tell you about it! We made a class chart of oviparous animals and then the students made their own little books. Today we read nonfiction books about chicks and eggs and the life cycle of a chick. Then they wrote informational text to tell some facts that they learned. We attached them to some cute little chicks hatching out of eggs that are hung in the hallway. Tomorrow we will lean the steps to dying an egg and then we will write our own how-to books. The students will get to dye an egg and take it home!

We are also working hard on learning about opinions in Writing Workshop. The students are writing their own opinions and next we will learn how to write persuasive letters. We have finished up our nonfiction book club unit and next week we will begin the unit of "reading across the genres" which will also involve book clubs.

  Have a wonderful Easter! I will be back to upload pictures as soon as I can!

Here is the challenge!
 1. Which two animals are the only mammals to lay eggs?
2. How many days does it take for a chick to grow and hatch from an egg?
3. What is a group of eggs called?
Please email me your child's answers! Thank you!