Hello,
Hello Everyone,
Congratulations on completing the second last week of the year. This week we continued a lot of our individual work in regards to reading, writing, research and the Renaissance. As we are near the end of the calendar year, I invite you to look at the work that you have done since August. As we have been working every day it is hard to see how far we have come. It is always helpful to look at where we have started and where we are now to see how far we have come and how the skills that we have been developing have grown. Be proud of that growth because it only happens when YOU have put in the work.
We have 5 days to wrap up 2018 before a long break. Lets set ourselves up for a relaxing break by ting up all our loose ends with some good work.
Have a great weekend.

This week in Math we:

• Worked a little more with our beaded number lines:  2 digit addition - YAY!
• keep these beaded number lines for use all year!
• Skip counting by 5s in a puzzle.
• Calculating and identifying even sums.
• Remember use your Mathletics account for practice!

This week in Science we:

• Completed our word wall word for Mechanical Systems.
• Looked at 6 simple machines.
• Identified that machines help us do work.
• Started to design our simple machines and build prototypes.

Other Stuff:

• Please bring back your FIELD TRIP FORMS.  They are due back by Friday December 14, 2018.  Extra copies can be printed from last week's blog or are available from Ms. Wilson.