Weekly News 4-3-26

Weekly News for 2-P 4-3-26

*We are in need of tissues and cleaning wipes for our desks.

   

*In math we began unit 10 on subtraction. This unit will mirror our addition unit so the strategies will be well known already! We started with mentally subtracting 10 and 100. Then we practiced strategies to subtract 3 digit numbers. We worked on  decomposing one number and using an open number line to subtract by place value.

*This week we finished our matter unit with two new Mystery Science investigations. We learned about reversible and irreversible changes in “How is an ice cube like a crayon?” and we tested heating and cooling in “Why are so many toys made of plastic?” We had so much fun seeing which types of candy would melt in hot water. Chocolate chips for the win! Young scientists are doing loads of questioning, hypothesis testing and experimenting. Toward the end of the week we dove into our last Mystery Science unit of the year about seeds and plants. 

*In writing we completed our persuasive letters to Mr. Libby - he loved them so much he came to talk to us about our convincing, well-written letters. Then we started  another persuasive piece; this time an essay to convince others about a location for a great field trip. We learned to write pros and cons for an idea and will continue this piece next week.

*Our reading workshop time was spent exploring mysteries. Students read a variety of detective stories and worked to identify the clues along the way, any unexpected twists and explain how the mystery was solved. It was exciting to explore a new genre. 

*Our focus was on contractions and abbreviations in spelling this week. During our phonics time we learned about spelling change rules (doubling final consonants before adding suffixes and changing the y to an i to make words plural). 

 

Science collaboration

Investigating how animals use water to survive

The last snowball of the season (we hope!)

The Symphony Trip!

Mystery Science work exploring reversible and irreversible changes

Reading mysteries

April Fool's - reading the upside down morning message

Breakfast Surprise!

We tried to find the mysterious Lirpa Loof Bird!

Testing melting with candy

The chocolate chips melted quickly!

Mr. Libby came to talk to us about the persuasive letters we wrote for him.

Working on the genre of mystery books

We kicked off a new seed unit and are learning about the Superblooom in Death Valley, CA.

Seed Model Testing