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This is the sound we heard quite a bit today as we dissected owl pellets. Yes, owl pellets! We found skulls, claws, teeth, fur, and many other parts of mice. An owl pellet is the vomit from an owl where they get rid of the parts of the mouse that they cannot digest. Through our dissections, we are learning about food chains!

Reflections

Today in math we learned about reflections and lines of symmetry using pattern blocks! Check out our creations below!

animal adaptations

Today in science we got a bag to sort, it had photos of animals and we put them into the right habitats/environments.Then we had to put then in their right adaptations.We learned that ADAPTATION means living organisms changing in order to survive in their environment. Also it is sometimes hard for the animals to adapt to their environment because their adaptation is not always perfect.

By: Friendly Manor

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen-Puzzle 1

We have started a new read-aloud, The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin! Each chapter has a puzzle that contains clues for the rest of the story.  When we have a new puzzle, I will post it to the blog so students can work on it at home! Find the first puzzle for Chapter 1 below! Good luck! :)

Dear Henry,

Each of the words in this list can be found in the grid, reading across, down, or diagonally, and either forward or backward.  Some of the words will cross the shaded middle row, whose letters are all missing--you'll need to fill in these letters.  When you've found all the words, the middle row will spell out the title of this puzzle.

 

*Hint: Click on the puzzle to make it larger! You can even print out the puzzle if you would like!*

Process Skills: Measuring!

Today we learned about our final process skill we will use as scientists this year...measuring! To get ready for our experiments, we practiced measuring with accuracy!

Our First Full Week!

We've had a great first full week back to school! We've been busy learning a lot already!

Math-Place value: numbers up to 1,000,000

Science-Process skills:  observation, inference/predicting, communication, classifying, and measuring.  This involved a fun experiment as us as investigators!

Writing-Building our stamina as writers; establishing what the Writing Workshop looks and sounds like

Social Studies-Geography: latitude, longitude, map scales, types of maps

Reading-Building our stamina as readers; establishing what the Reading Workshop looks and sounds like

We've been busy with a lot of community building and getting to know each other! We've also been practicing our routines and procedures.

We're off to the start of a great year! Enjoy your weekend!
(*Don't forget to wear gym shoes on Monday! We begin our first P.E. rotation!*)

Welcome!

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