Learning this wet week

This week was a very wet one, but we made it through!  Everyone was very excited to learn about all the options available during inside recess.  I think some of their favorite options were blocks, painting, legos, and the hopscotch puzzle.  Here are few things we worked on this week in our different subjects.

Reading:  This weeks spelling rule was short vowel -e.  This vowel sound is one of the trickiest ones, since it is closely related to short vowel -a.  I think we all did a great job, and we are well on our way to mastering this tricky sound.  For a comprehension focus we worked on comparing and contrasting stories.  We read two stories by the same author, Paul Brett Johnson, and we had a blast comparing and contrasting the two stories.  Below are pictures of the stories, the author is a very fun writer, and I recommend looking into him with your child the next time you are at the library.

                             

Math:  In math we finished up Topic 2 this week.  You will be receiving a paper to tell you how your child did on their test Friday.  Topic 2 was  all about subtraction.  We had to find the missing number in problems and discover the answer to take away or difference word problems.

Writing:  In writing we have been learning about what informational writing is.  We read books about bats and owls.  We then learned how to collect information about these topics, and then we wrote three facts on each animal.  For the owl paper we created owl books, we are looking forward to sharing them with you on parent-teacher conferences this week!