We had another wonderfully busy week. Students read, read, and read some more. When we were finished reading, we wrote book reviews. Our reviews included many of the story elements we have learned about this year, including character, setting, story order, genre, and plot. We partner reread realistic fiction and animal fantasy stories from Units 1-3, including Tara & Tiree, Iris & Walter, Henry & Mudge, Pearl & Wagner, and The Strongest One. In addition to writing about the story elements, we summarized our stories and gave our own "opinions" of them. The students did a great job! Please click here http://reading.pppst.com/elements.html and then click on the "It's Story Time" link for a very informative powerpoint on story elements .
In Science, we continued our study of animals/plants and how they work together. We created ocean and grassland food chains/webs. We also made Venn Diagrams to compare and contrast different animals and plants. The students are becoming plant and animal experts!
Finally, music classes began for us this week. The students were very excited to see Ms. Marla again! They had a wonderful time playing their coffee can "drums"!
Upcoming this week: Children's author, Chester Drawers, will be coming to our school this Thursday, February 2nd. Please find more information in your child's communication folder on Monday and check-out his website http://www.chesterdrawers.com/.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Willett
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