Fun with Technology

We are a bit behind on our blogging. We are spending our blogging time playing with our new technology. Thanks to Mr. Stewart our class has become a technology test class. Our job is to use some great new technology to enhance our learning. We received a smart board, an Elmo and a projector. The whole class is really enjoying them. It was an exciting moment yesterday when everyone got a chance to write on the smart board or move text around. We also had fun with the magic eraser.

This week in 219

Students just finished their rock guides in science and will be finishing our geology unit by Friday. Next week we move on to plants.

In social studies, we are learning about New York explorers. We are reading Voyage of the Half Moon. It is a historical fiction book written from the point of view of Henry Hudson's son. We are currently researching explorers. Some students are creating comic strips to share their information and others are working on newscasts. Look for some of the final projects next week on our website.

Our reading story is Letters from Yosemite. We are learning about National Parks and how they preserve geology, wildlife and plants. The reading skills we are working on this week are main idea and details, facts and opinions, and summarizing.

In Math, we are still working on addition properties, subtraction and math vocabulary. We will also be starting to explore money. As always we are working on word problems. Please keep using CUBS.

In read around America, we are now in the Midwest. Congratulations to Ursula for 200 steps. Congratulations also to Aqib and Ana for 100 steps each.

Keep reading everyone. Our goal is 79 steps by Friday.