Our final spelling list of the year! 

Spelling- Words with Suffix -es

boxes

dresses

wishes

inches

taxes

tosses

dishes

branches

classes

blushes

Phonics - We continued working on 2 syllable words with suffixes s, ed, and ing.  This week we will be learning about when to use the -es suffix.  The -es suffix is used usually when a word ends with ch, sh, s, x, and z.  

Writing - We have finished up our how-to stories.  We were able to share them with kindergarten.  The how-to stories were challenging.  The students needed to write about how to do something.  They needed to write the materials used.  They needed to have at least four steps.  They needed to use transition words such as first, second, next, then, and finally.  They needed to draw detailed illustrations to go along with their stories.  They needed to use punctuation and capitalization correctly.  It was awesome watching these stories come together!

Math - In math we worked on putting 2D shapes together to make new shapes.  We practiced a lot with pattern blocks.  

Science - We finished up our posters.  We had help from our fourth grade buddies.  The posters had a specific environment.  (African Savanna, Arctic,  Amazon Rainforest, Sahara Desert).  The students had to be a traveler.  The traveler needed to use one of each adaptation in their environment. (food, camouflage, protection, locomotion)

Religion - We are working on a Friendzy unit called "Watch My Words".  We learned about an acrostic poem titled THINK.

T= Is it True?

H=Is it Helpful

I=Is is Inspiring?

N=Is it Necessary?

K=Is it Kind?

Children's Museum - To see the pictures from The Building For Kids, click here.

Baird Creek - To see the pictures from Baird Creek, click here.

A few concert pics - 

Have a great week!