We read the book Creepy Carrots and then we made our own creepy looking carrots.
We worked on our Halloween Math Mysteries. We learned about fact and opinion.
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We had a fire drill this week. We did our journals and had a math "show what you know". The Buffalo Grove High School students came to read to us for the read-a-thon.
We went on the bookmobile and had picture day. We learned about the kelp forest.
We are learning about different kinds of fiction. We're starting science this week. We observed our hands and asked questions about them. We're starting word work this week. It's fun. We get to learn new words.
We are writing letters to authors. We're practicing our reader's theater scripts. At snack time we're reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. We only have one week and one day of school left!
In science we are learning about volcanoes, earthquakes and erosion. We did an experiment to show how sand is made from rocks.
We're learning about time in math. We had a band concert today with the fifth graders performing. It was our last book check out in LMC last week. lWe worked on our Mother's Day stationary. We finished our read aloud book, The Trumpet of the Swan. At our house meetings we played games and heard the book Swimmy. Dr Lynn came in to help us get started with our personalized learning projects. We're learning a lot about volcanoes.
We have learned two new math games, Reflex and Code Spark. We've had very weird weather this week. We're learning about how schools were very different in the 1800s than they are today.
We planted pea seeds. Half of the seeds were soaked and half of the seeds were dry. We will see which seeds grow faster.
Lowey Bundy Sichol, the author, came to visit Greenbrier. She talked about different companies. We learned that entrepreneurs have an idea to solve a problem. A lot of the Iditarod mushers have gotten to Nome. Peter Kaiser and his dogteam came in first place. We have a new bouncy ball and desk-chair to use as special seats. We are doing gymnastics in gym class.
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