Friday, April 11, 2014

Dear Families,

This week the first and second graders created a bar graph showing the height of several different kinds of penguins. Then, they were able to answer questions about the penguins using the information they graphed. They also measured themselves in inches and determined which penguin was closest to their height. And, last, they found out and marked where in the world several different types of penguins live. (All penguin work will go home at the end of the unit.)

My math group began a unit on place value. We completed several fun activities. For example,  students were given task cards such as take the numbers 7, 2, 9 and 4. Put the 7 in the tens place, the 2 in the thousands place, etc. Read the number. All of my students were so motivated and created numbers into the millions! Now, we need to learn to read the numbers!

This morning we cleaned our classroom and searched for chametz. What great cleaners!

Wishing everyone a wonderful Pesach break!

Shabbat Shalom,

Hamorah Caren

Proudly displaying the lowest number and highest number made with picked numbers.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Dear Families,

We had a wonderful trip to the Chabad in Natick for the matzah making workshop. Check out the photos below.

My math group continued to learn about graphs: pictographs, line graphs, bar graphs, etc. Our next unit is place value.

My literacy group reviewed possessives in addition to reading some fabulous books such as The Littles series by John Peterson and The Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant.

The second graders are so busy working on their country study boards. We can't wait for all of you to see their finished work!! I'm still looking for a volunteer to do some cooking with the kids right before the fair.

And, finally, my science and social studies students made a graph to show the height of different kids of penguins and then they compared the heights to themselves. Next week we will learn where different penguins live.

Shabbat Shalom,

Hamorah Caren

Rolling out the matzah dough. 

The chametz station.

Grinding the wheat.

More grinding . . . . 

Learning about how matzah is made.