Many Seconds in Second

We had many special learning opportunities this week that included a concert, Apple Day and a field trip. 

We started the week off on Tuesday by listening to music played by the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra.  These three men sure did have a gift of playing their instruments.

Wednesday was Johnny Appleseed Day.  We did everything APPLES!!!

Thursday we went to Robinette’s Apple Orchard.  We started the field trip off by learning the proper way to pick an apple-two hands and twist.  We walked over the apple cider press helped make apple cider.  We walked into the huge cooler, walked the hay maze, and ended the field trip with apple cider and donuts!  Yum!  

Language Arts:

In reading your child has been learning how to work with a reading buddy.  We started the week off by learning how to be a great working partner.  Your child has been planning out what they will share with their reading buddy while they are reading.  Later in the week, your child learned how to have a meaningful reading conversation about the books they are reading and the thinking they are doing while reading.  They are also sharing this with their reading buddy.  They are very busy during our reading time!  

Reading minutes are due every Monday.

In writing this week we noticed we are so busy writing that many times we forget to put in ending punctuations.  We reviewed how we need to be reading ‘detectives’ and carefully look at the writing we have done and add punctuation.

Math:

We continue to learn how to solve story problems using many addition and subtraction strategies. 

Math homework is due Friday.

Bible: 

This week we reviewed many of the Moses Bible stories.  We retold some of these stories on our ipads. Then we fast forwarded to the period of the Judges-We learned that Israel fell into a pattern of obedience and disobedience.  God sent Judges to preserve Israel.  Deborah and Ehud were two of the judged whom God used in Israel. 

Bible Memory due Friday-see side bar for the verse.