Week of February 1 - 5, 2010

It was a short week due to the two snow days. We started some new units which all focus on non-fiction. In writing we wrote step-by-step "How To" stories. We learned to ski, snowboard, do front and back flips in the swimming pool and how to make an omelet, among other fun things. We are reading non-fiction books during Reader's Workshop and learning about the different features that non-fiction books have such as photographs, diagrams, maps and charts. We began our "Famous Americans" social studies unit by learning about the life of George Washington Carver. Our Math Unit is described below.