2ndhills@park

Writing: The kids are working on their realistic fiction writing.  They came up with a problem, and three ways they are going to solve it.  Ask your child what the problem they came up with is, and how they are going to solve it. Math: We are working on measuring with centimeters.  We made little "army ant" rulers for our centimeter rulers. Reading: The kids are making projects for their book club to share thier love for their book series to others.  A few kids are making board games, some are making posters, and some are even making a commerical.  I'm excited for them to present these this week. Mystery Readers: We have been LOVING our mystery readers this month!  It's always so fun for the kids to guess who's coming each day! Extra Information: Dress Up Days: You Are Special: It's been such a fun month of celebrating each of the kids!  

Writing: The kids finished their Hudsonville History books this past week!  They really enjoyed learning and writing about the history of Hudsonville.  Have them show you some of the pages that they wrote. Next week, we will start our next unit on Realistic Fiction.  This is such a fun unit to write, since they get to get creative with thinking of realistic problems and how to solve them in three tries.  The first and second attempt won't work, but the third time's the charm with the real solution. Math: The kids finished their unit about shapes by taking a math test on Friday.  Make sure to check out how they did when these come home on Monday. Here's our finished 'quilt' we made with shapes: Reading: We will finish our book clubs this week, by making posters to convince others to read these books.  The kids really have expanded their reading by trying out new books, and many have told me that they now have a new favorite book.  My goal is to keep the...

Writing: The kids are going to finish their Hudsonville History books that they are writing next week.  They have really been enjoying learning more about Hudsonville, and all of the things that Hudsonville used to be like.   Math: The kids are working with shapes!  We even made a 'quilt'!  Next week we will finish our math unit with a test on Friday! Reading: Book clubs are going strong in our classroom!  It is fun to hear the kids actually discussing their books with each other, and finding common things between the different books in the same series. Voracious Reader of the Week: Congratulations to Levi for being this week's voracious reader!  Levi is doing a great job reading, and finding new books that are on his level and that interest him!  Keep up the great reading, Levi! Mystery Readers: We have loved having mystery readers come to the classroom!  If you would still like to sign up, please click here: Homework: The timeline paper wen...