Last week we added a new student to our classroom. All of the students were very excited to welcome her. Some students even came to school with some nice welcome messages. They were all very sweet.
Last week we had "Hands on Nature". Our parent volunteers, Lynn and Trish, taught us about cones that are found on evergreen trees. We learned that these cones come in various sizes, and shapes. We learned that they carry the seeds for the tree. We also learned that the pines found on the different evergreens can be very different. Some pines are small and hard. Some pines are grouped together in bunches. We also learned that some of the evergreen trees that cones are found on spruces, pines, firs, and hemlocks. The children also found out that when the cones get wet they close up to keep the seeds inside. As always there was a great puppet show filled with information that the class loves to hear! Pictures will be posted on Monday for you to check out.
In math we continued to look at ways to make tens and then started looking at numbers up to twenty. We then talked about subtraction number stories and how when we compare two numbers we can use subtraction to find out how many more or how many fewer. Next week we will continue to focus on numbers greater than 10 and place value and the meanings of the numbers found in these 2-digit numbers.
This week in Science, we started our final project. Each student was partnered up with a 2nd grader or two and created a project to show how the sky changes over time. They had the choice of making a poster, diorama or writing a report. Next week we will share out our projects with the team. On Monday you can see students working on these projects in the slide show. When we come back after the Thanksgiving break we will begin a Social Studies unit on physical geography.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Enjoy your week,
Nancy
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