Lots of fun and learning!

Important Dates:

April 16: Library
April 23-27: No School
May 25: early dismissal
May 28: No School

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Literacy:

This week we have focused a lot on our opinion writing unit. On Monday, Mrs. Mormile's class is coming in to help our class create their own videos based on their favorite opinion piece that they wrote. I will find a way to showcase the work when we finish. The opinion pieces are fantastic! The emphasis this week has been on writing our hook and goodbye (introduction and conclusion).

 At the end of last week, we did squeeze in a fun buddy read time with Miss Bushey's class! Our class did a great job reading with expression and talking about the books they read with the kindergartners. The first graders also were able to help the younger students with books they brought in to read. Mrs. Lapointe also came in to join in with the fun!

Math:
Our new math unit builds on all the previous units. We are back to solving story problems (addition and subtraction) and learning new strategies.

This week we started exploring fact families. A fact family are three numbers that can be used to create 4 equations (2 addition and 2 subtraction). 2,3,5 can be made into:

2+3=5

3+2=5

5-2=3

5-3=2

The mathematicians have been discovering rules about fact families in small groups and in partnerships. Then, they are sharing their discoveries with the whole class.