Highlights of the First Two Weeks

Language Arts

We have begun reading Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Students have been discussing what makes a story part of the "realistic fiction" and "legend" genres, the importance of reading a book's blurb to figure out key story elements, and using inference skills to talk about the personalities of the characters. Room 22  also enjoys listening to Rump for a few minutes after lunch. 

We have begun the writing unit: Narrative Fiction. Students listened to stories by author Jon Scieszka which are fairy tales told from a different character's perspective and/or re imagined. Also we listened to stories involving "messy situations" and "what if?" scenarios to inspire us with ideas for our own fiction stories.

Math 

We have been brushing up our multiplication skills using the volume of rectangular prisms.

 Science

Students have been learning about the scientific method and practiced utilizing the steps with an experiment called "How Many Licks?" based on the old TV commercial regarding Tootsie Pops. Students hypothesized how many licks it would take them to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop and then performed the experiment.  😎

Art

Students made self-portraits in a cartoon style, chose a word that describes their personality and made a word bubble; and created hand art using warm and cool colors.