We started the week with a school wide celebration of Chinese New Year! 2016 is the year of the monkey. We had a lovely musical demonstration and slide show that finished with a dragon and lion performance! Students had the opportunity to play Chinese instruments and see the lion and dragon up close and personal. So exciting!
The third grade had ISA testing on Tuesday and Wednesday morning this week so we were separated from 2nd grade during that time. It was a warm reunion Thursday morning!
In readers and writers workshops this week students investigated the inside of a character and the outside of the character and also how to infer during reading. Students then used those new skills to enrich their own stories that we have been pulling from our heart maps.
In math workshop this week students continued to work on the concepts behind multiplication. We had a special guest in the classroom to help us along in our math learning. We were so pleased to have Nina Illi join us on Thursday morning and help our students with multiplication!
I think the most exciting part of the week for our students may have been the Valentine's celebration. Students enjoyed homemade treats, made crafts and gave valentines to one another. It was quite a sight! Special thanks to our AMAZING class moms Lynette O'Brien and Katie Pottinger.