Weekly Update - October 27-31

Reading - We have started a new unit in Reading, learning about Trickster Tales! So far we have read Pretty Salma, The Hunterman and the Crocodile, The Gingerbread Girl. Up next is The Tale of Tricky Fox, and Borreguita and the Coyote. These books are lots of fun because they are similar to our traditional Folktales, but with a twist from another culture or sneaky character!

Writing - We're still working on our "Expert" Stories. Students are writing informational nonfiction chapter books to act as teachers in informative writing.

Math - Today was our first Quick Quiz of Unit 2! Your children have learned so much!!! We are quickly becoming masters of Area, Story Problems (word problems), and multiplication and division facts 0-10. Our most recent feat was filling in an entirely blank multiplication table. This was difficult for some of us. I've placed a blank table in the Math section on our website. See if your child can complete this yet! :)

Social Studies - We have started using a milage ruler to measure the distance of locations on a map. Next up, we will be visiting the computer lab for your child to discover some things that can be found in the city of their destination, whether it's Disney Land, The Hershey Factory, The White House, or Yellowstone!