Back After Break

Hello and fabulous Friday,

This week was a busy and fun-filled week. Here is what we were up to:

In math we started a new unit on geometry. We learned about points, lines, line segments, rays and parallel lines. We thought about what shapes are polygons and what shapes are not. We also learned that polygons are closed shapes with straight sides. Here is a picture of what we came up with.

In writing most of us finished our essays on Google docs. Some of us still need more time to edit.

In reading we listened to more Fig Pudding.  There was a really sad part where one of the main character's brothers dies. We also started new WIN groups and some of us are in them and some of us are doing independent reading work.
  
In social studies we are still learning about the Civil Rights Movement. We read a book called Rosa's Bus about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. We also read part of the book Remember by Toni Morrison and thought about the Supreme Court case "Brown vs. the Board of Education." We learned that the court ruled that "separate is never equal" and African Americans deserved the right to learn in the best schools too. We started a time line and added the first events to it.






In other news, we replaced the star chart with a jar that we fill with post-its that we earn for our attention-getting strategy and transitions. The jar has different lines marked and we already earned our first goal. We get to sit wherever we want on Monday. Woohoo! The next goal is another pajama/movie day and the final (and biggest goal) is to have a celebration (you might even be invited!). Today we had our 70 star reward and wore pajamas and watched a movie. Here is a picture of us enjoying the movie.
Next week we have our first field trip. Don't forget to send in the signed permission slip!

Have a nice and fun-filled weekend!

Samantha, Ms. Swaim, and Ms. Lee