We are working on building strong reading routines in the
classroom. We continue to increase our independent reading stamina. Later in
the fall, students will meet their first grade “book buddies.” In preparation
for this, students practiced reading aloud with expression. I’ve loved talking
with students about the books that they’re currently enjoying!
In writing, students continued to collect ideas for personal
narrative stories. Most recently, we brainstormed and wrote about a place that
is important to us.
In math, we represented numbers using Base Ten Blocks. These
are tools that help students visualize numbers according to place value.
In social studies, we learned about landmarks around the New
England states. Today, students embarked on a webquest to learn more facts
about the state of Massachusetts.
We also conducted another engineering challenge today. Teams
were challenged to construct a pyramid out of plastic cups without using their
hands. Students were given only a piece of string to build their pyramids. I
was impressed by their creative solutions to this challenge! 
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