Tuesday's Activities

Today the students were all very eager to share their experiences and stories from last night. I'm glad to hear that everyone had a safe and enjoyable time.
We began our day with Art class and the students did an excellent job with their projects.
Science- We continued our science studies about caring for our environment. We began today by looking at Trash. We studied where trash is stored, how much trash we produce, what kinds of trash we produce and the impact that trash can have upon our environment. We began a small project in which the students will create a "pizza" displaying the types of trash that on average we all throw away.

Literacy- Today we looked deeper at helping verbs. We practiced with determining the helping verb that fits in the sentence and finding the main verbs in sentences as well. We also participated in a compound word activity in which the students had to determine the smaller words within the compound word and also determine the main vowel sounds that each of those words contained and sort them out. I read a folktale story entitled; "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears" and the students determined the elements of a folktale within that story. Spelling Skills and Words Test Unit 8 is on Friday. The students have been working on a Prompt Story in class that is due on Friday as well. 
Math- Today we investigated Open Number Sentences which involve variables in the form of letters that we must solve for. This was a tricky concept at first, but the students quickly grasped it and learned to solve the problems.MB &SL 3.10 are due tomorrow. MB & SL 3.11 are due on Thursday. The students have a Unit 3 Test on Friday. 
Social Studies- Today we read through a lesson of our book about the impact of the British and the Americans fighting against the British in order to gain independence as a state. We will begin an explorers group project tomorrow that will last the remainder of the week.