Books, books, and more books.... we had a TON of reading adventures this week.

News of the week: On Thursday, we had America Reads Day. Thank you to the outstanding readers and incredible behavior of the kids.  Since we had so much reading this week, each child took home a Pizza Hut Book-it certificate (pictured below). 

Here is a run down from our busy day of reading.
Kim Woods-  Mrs. Toggle's Zipper by Robin Pulver
             When Charlie McButtons Lost Power by Suzanne Collins
Carri Redondo- The Boy Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews
Corey Petrash (#15 for the Roughriders)- Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch
Jess Maple- Wreck-It Ralph by Disney Press (Movie comes out in theatres November 2nd)
Amy Diers- Multiple poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 
Mary Kinkead- Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Jo Hepner- My Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
Doug Paulson- Monsters Eat Whiny Children by Bruce Eric Kaplan

Thank you again, we appreciated it very much and enjoyed being read to by you all! :)

Sunday, October 21st- Happy Birthday Brayden and Zander!
Monday, October 22nd- NO SCHOOL (Professional Development for teachers)
Wednesday, October 24th- 1st round of football playoffs
Thursday, October 25th- Fall Fling 5:30-8:00 PM
Sunday, October 27th- Happy Birthday Declan!

Math- This week we worked on 2-digit and 3-digit subtraction with regrouping. We also worked on how to regroup and subtract across zeros. The kids were excited to hear we will continue practicing subtraction with regrouping Tuesday through Friday, then start multiplication on Monday, October 29th!

Reading- This week we are reading Science Magic by Alison Alexander and Susie Bower. This selection presents five step-by-step scientific experiments that have a sense of wonder. Each experiment is accompanied by photographs, illustrations, and diagrams. All of these are followed by an explanation of what makes them "magic." Strategies we have used with this text are how to follow steps in a process as well as how diagrams and illustrations can help us understand the text better. This was a hard story to test over as students were asked to remember specifics steps of an experiment when there were multiple experiments we read about.

Text Talk- This week we read Picnic at Mudsock Meadow by Patricia Polacco. In the book, no mater what William does, there is a girl named Hester who makes fun of him. When he is able to prove that Quicksand Bottoms is not haunted, but just has glowing swamp gas, Hester realizes that William is not so bad after all. Vocabulary words we discussed this week are bleak, eerie, legend, mortified, mischievous, and reveal.

Writing- This week we worked on creating number notes and turning them into paragraphs. We will continue this skill this week before having fun with some Halloween writing prompts. 

Social Studies- This week the students begun working in their Map Champ Atlas. In this atlas they will be completing a series of lessons involving maps, globes, history timelines, and the branches of government. The majority of the lessons will involve informing and comparing the 7 continents and major oceans. You will even be informed about an ocean you may not have already heard of, the Southern Ocean. It was something new to me when I started teaching these lessons 8 years ago! :) So far we have learned about different kinds of communities, what kind of places are located in a community, and what goods are produced in some communities. We also read the book Me on the Map and talked about where our place is on multiple maps.