Kidblog, Food Drive, and Other Updates

We have a new section on our class blog!  Along the right hand side of the page you will see each child's name, in link form.  Each student in our class now has his or her own Kidblog!  Students will be posting throughout the year.  The first post assignment: take a photo of your favorite spot in the classroom.  Students learned to use the ipad cameras for this assignment.  Soon to come: a video of students reading their published small moments stories!

We've finished unit 3 in Everyday Math!  Our next unit focuses on measurement.  Children will explore using body parts, rulers, and tape measures to find length, height, and circumference!

In reading, we've started focusing on character.  Students  use what they know about the characters in the book to guess what will happen next. We've also started using post its to mark our favorite parts of the story and the funny parts of the story.

In science, students have been examining and sorting river rocks into categories.  Here are just a few of the ways these geologists have sorted rocks this week:
-by color
-by size
-by shape
-by amount of sparkle
-by texture

Just a reminder,  Rowe School is hosting a food drive just in time for the holidays.  We will be collecting food through Tuesday, November 26.  You can keep track of our progress by checking out the graph in the atrium!  Thank you to those who have sent in non-perishables with your children.  If you haven't gotten around to scouring your cupboards yet, there's still time!  Thanks for helping to teach the importance of being a kind and helpful citizen!