Hat Day at SES!

 Friday was hat day here at Sunderland. Our class had all kinds of hats; we had baseball caps, beanie caps, winter hats, A Minnie Mouse hat, and even a crazy hair hat. It was a fun way for staff and students to show some school spirit!

                                                  What a great group of kiddos!

                                                                  Silly faces!

Today our class joined Mrs. Zadworny's class to launch our Native Americans unit. Students will be studying a Native American tribe from each region of the country. The Inuit are the first tribe students will be learning about. Some of the information students will be learn about each tribe is what part of the country they lived in, what type of house they lived in, how they dressed, and a few words in the tribe's native language. 

             

                                                       Working with friends from 3z

                                           Marcus, Justin, and David work together

In math students are learning about fractions. Students learned how to find fractions on a number line. Students put this new skill to the test when they worked on fraction number line task cards. 

                                                Marcus and Ashley hard at work

Michaela was our calendar math leader this week and she did a great job!

                           Michaela calls on someone to answer her question.

       Georgia and Michaela figure out how much money we have in our daily depositor.

                                   The spider web greeting, still a class favorite!

In reading we finished up our nonfiction unit on the American Revolution. We will be starting a unit on fairy tales, folk tales, myths, and fables. We are also getting ready to take the MCAS reading comprehension test in March. Students have been taking short practice tests and we have been working on our short answer and long answer questions, it is important that students use evidence from the text to support their answer. Please check your child's take home folder on Monday for a newsletter from me about MCAS. Today in reading we learned how to use prefixes and suffixes can help not only decode an unknown word, but how we can use them to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

On Thursday, in computer lab, Mrs. Kidder helped the students create a bio cube. The bio cube goes along with the biography project students have been working on in Writer's Workshop.

                                        Georgia and Kunsang with their bio cubes.

                                     Mrs. Kidder explains how to fold the bio cube

                                    Students enter the information for their bio cube.

Don't forget Friday, March 7th is our Writing Celebration. Students have been working very hard. They are very excited to share what they have written with you! I am so proud of them! I hope to see you there! 

Have a great weekend! Remember to fill someone's bucket!

                              Students post compliments on our good deeds chart.