Red Ribbon Week

This week we are celebrating Red Ribbon Week to raise awareness about the importance of drug prevention.  On Monday, students wore red to show that they are "Red-y" to Say No to Drugs.

We wore silly socks to show we were going to "sock it" to drugs.

I had a student take this picture :-)

Subtracting Two Digit Numbers

Students designed posters to explain how to subtract two digit numbers.  I love seeing how their minds work.  Each of the posters below is different, but each is also correct.  All students did a great job with this project.  It also served as a great assessment for me.  I believe if students can explain the steps to two digit subtraction, they truly understand.

Frogs and Toads

This week students read a non fiction text about frogs and toads.  Students independently wrote down three important details from the reading.  Students shared their important details and as they shared, I compiled a master list.  I think they did a great job of identifying just the most important details.  Here is their list:

• Male frogs use throat pouches to make their sounds.  Male frogs sing to attract mates.
• Frogs can make an amazing amount of noise.
• Frogs leap very, very far.
• Frogs have webbed feet.  Toads don't.
• Frogs can breathe under water.  They breathe through their skin.
• Frogs and toads have jelly covered eggs.
• Baby frogs are called tadpoles.
• Frogs are related to salamanders and newts.   The family is called amphibians.
• As tadpoles turn into frogs, the gills disappear.  They grow lungs.  The frogs can breathe air.
• Frogs live on land and water.
• Frogs have smooth and slimy skin.  Toads have dry and bumpy skin.
• Frogs and toads lay their eggs in the water. Frogs lay their eggs in groups.  Toads lay their eggs in chains.
• There are 5,000 kinds of frogs and toads.
• Frogs catch bugs with their long, sticky tongue.
• Frogs are eaten by other animals like birds, bats and snakes.
• Frogs live in wet places.  Toads live in dry places.
• Frogs have nostrils on top of their head.
• The tomato frog puffs up or leaks liquid if a snake is nearby.

Autumn Acrostic Poems

These poems were just a quick activity that students worked on while I did some one on one work with other students.  I was so impressed with their creativity that I decided to share them to the blog. I am only sharing the poems of students who gave permission, but all of the students did a great job. 

Sequencing and Adding with Regrouping

Just a few pictures from our week.  After reading Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type students cut out a scrambled list of events and put them in the correct order.  We also started learning how to regroup when adding.  We used base ten blocks to help illustrate this concept.