Happy Spring Break!

We did it!!!! We exceeded our goal! We will get an official total after spring break when we can take the money to the bank. Thank you so much to all that donated pennies, coins and dollars to our service learning project. We will being making our clipboards for the kindergartners at Kohfeldt elementary when we return from spring break.

Even though the first week of spring felt like winter, it didn't stop us from having fun! We started out week with the STEAM bus. This bus is run by Craig Adams. He brings the bus to the schools. The mission of the bus is to facilitate hands on project/problem-based learning for elementary teachers and students through the use of new ideas and technologies, while utilizing problem solving skills, creativity and imagination. Our class listened to retelling of a story called, "Make Way for Ducklings". Then we had to create nests complete with 8 eggs and a duck using Legos. We had to make sure we knew exactly how many Legos we used. It was super fun!

This week in fundations we learned a new spelling rule. We learned that when the next letter is a a,o, or u you use a c first. And if the next letter is an e or i you use a k first. Here are some examples: cat, cut, cot, kit, keep. The kids were so excited about this new discovery that they wanted me to share it with you!

This week's learning objectives:

Reading: word families, introduction to word endings: ing, s, ed

Writing: We took our non-fiction writing assessment this week!

Math: sorting money, counting coins, understanding how much coins are worth

Fundations: Reading 3 letter words and nonsense words. understanding when to use a k or c.

Here is our week in pictures:

Steam Bus fun!