Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Week of September 26-September 30

A few announcements:
1. Please have your child bring a pair of headphones, if possible, to leave in his/her bookbin. These will be used to listen to reading during the Daily 5/Reader's Workshop.
2. While the weather is still dry, outdoor recess will occur each day. Please make sure your child comes to school with the proper clothing and footwear to stay warm!

This was a busy week in 2W! We read our first story in reading and worked on retelling it and remembering the sequence of events. We continued our math unit and focused on fact families and subtraction number stories. We also started our science unit about the water cycle and did our first experiments of the year!

Here are the highlights from the week:
Monday: We started learning about the water cycle.
Tuesday: We read a book about the water cycle.
Wednesday: We set up an experiment about evaporation.
Thursday: We fanned chalkboards in an evaporation experiment.
Friday: We wrote a paragraph about the fall.

As a reminder, CogAT testing will occur Tuesday-Thursday next week. Enjoy your weekend!