Are you ready for some football?

Room 29 is gearing up for the Super Bowl by doing some fun, educational work with the team rosters of the Seahawks and the Patriots.  After breaking up into cooperative groups, students were given a list of questions to answer relating to the team rosters.  The questions required them to put their math skills to the test as they added and subtracted players weights and other statistical information.  Of course, the children were also required to work together and create strategies to make the more complicated problems more manageable.  After completing all the questions, each group made a Super Bowl poster displaying their work.

Despite barely being in school because of early dismissals, delayed openings, and snow days, we still managed to get a lot accomplished.  In math, we wrapped up Module 3 by learning some strategies to use to multiply by 10s.  Next week we will take our end of module assessment (please be on the lookout for the review sheet to come home--probably Tuesday barring any more crazy weather events) and begin a new module.  Parents, guides to each module can be found on our classroom Edline site in the right hand sidebar. These can help you better understand the strategies we are using for each unit and how to help your child with his/her homework if necessary.

In Writer's Workshop students are learning to work closely with the anchor charts in our room to help them monitor their work in progress.  I have taken photos of all the charts and printed them out for the kids to put in their notebooks to make them more accessible.  This past week, students worked on a persuasive writing essay about Martin Luther King Jr.

We also read another story about Snowflake Bentley and did some writing about his impact on the world of science.

Students got their first taste of their science unit on pollution with Ms. Bengtson on Friday.  They will continue to go to her room for science for the next 6 weeks.  Ms. B does a lot of fun experiments in her room, so I know our students will have a great time with her.

Enjoy Super Bowl Weekend!  All the kids know who I want to win!!!