High Museum of Art

We had a great time at the High on Friday!  We learned about the Jon Eric Riis' artwork and collaborated to create our own bug pictures, Howard Finster's artwork and created some mosaics in sand, and the elements of art creating our own water color picture.
Thank you Dr. Casey for making this trip happen!!  It was so much fun we were all worn out on our way home.

PTA Performance

Thank you all who came out to the PTA performance last night. The kids did an amazing job!! Thank you Mr. Wehr for a great show!

Here are some pictures while we waited to take the stage. ❤️

February Break

Just a reminder that we have February Break 2/20 - 2/24.  I hope you and your family have a wonderful, relaxing break.

Hello February!

We are kicking off a new month and learning many new things!

This week we are focusing on:

Reading - We are talking about using context clues to determine meanings of multiple meaning words.

Writing - We are sharing our opinions in our writing.  We are finishing up our writing about whether we want it to be spring soon or winter longer and moving into book reviews.

Math - Double digit plus and minus single digit addition and subtraction is our main focus.  Building numbers in base ten and composing and decomposing tens to help us solve the problem.

Social Studies - We are learning about Harriet Tubman and the contributions she made for our country.

Don't forget to read every night and practice your sight words! :)

In language arts and writing, we are comparing characters in a story.  We are writing about what is alike about the characters and what is different.  When reading with your children at home, ask your children questions about the characters in the story.  See if your child can tell you the similarities and differences in the characters

Students who work with Ms. McPherson received new word flashcards this week.  Please study five cards at a time until your child has mastered the words and then add five more words.

Enjoy your weekend.

Ms. McPherson

Comparing Numbers

We worked with our partners building and comparing numbers in base ten.

Happy New Year!

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break and has been able to thaw out from all of our winter weather. I am so excited to back into the routine and continue where we left off in December!
We have so much to learn and so many fun things coming up in 2017! Here are a few things we will be working in in the next week: Reading: identifying who is telling the story and how we know, writing: understanding fact and opinion and then using our writing to share our opinions, math: representing numbers using tens and ones, and social studies: identifying and locating continents and how they relate to where we live.
As you can see we are busy, busy, busy!

Another note is that report cards go home today! Please sign the evenlope and return it in your child's folder. The copy of the report card is for you to keep. :)

As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns!
~ Mrs. Braxton