This week we celebrated "Read Across America". I am sure your child may have told you it was the best day ever! We had a great assembly where we read a Reader's Oath as a school, listened to many teachers and staff read "Horton Hears a Who", got to sing and dance to the song "Gotta Keep Reading" and got to display the hats we made. We also had a lot of Guest Readers throughout the day who shared and read some of their favorite books. In our class we had Patty Spagnolo, Vasanthi Meyette, Elissa Best, Kim Berghan, Alice Brown and Carol Specht read to us. There was a special lunch of green macaroni and ham and in the afternoon we had a special treat of Green Eggs and ham (green yogurt with a vanilla wafer and ham). We also had pictures taken in a cut-out of Dr. Seuss and a a fish. Check them out in the slide show. Overall it was a very fun day.

 In writing we are getting ready to wrap up our non-fiction stories. We hope to have these wrapped up next week. We will hopefully have the opportunity to share them with some Kindergarten classes. Students are very excited about their work.

 In Science this week we worked on the "Asking" and "Planning" stages of the Engineering Process. We looked at data to ask what materials might make the best mortar. Then we planned out how we will mix the materials to make the best mortar and use it to make a wall to withstand a wrecking ball (golf ball tied to a piece of string).  Next week we will build our walls, test how strong and stable they are and then come up with a plan on how we might have improved our mortar to make a stronger more stable wall.

In math we continue to learn strategies for addition and subtraction using penguin problems. 

Today was Vicky's last day with us so we had a little celebration for her.  Students signed a card and some made individual cards for her.  We also had a little treat to help send her off and let her know how much we will miss having her in our class.  We wished her all the best at her new school. 

Have a wonderful weekend,
Nancy