Happy Thanksgiving!

One of our mammal groups is studying coyotes.  We were able to see a dead coyote at the pecan farm on our field trip to Yegua Farm yesterday.  Very white teeth!
We have been working on various projects related to reptiles and birds.  We've connected spelling (reptile words), grammar (bird verbs and collective nouns).

We learned about our fantastic brains and made a booklet to capture our new knowledge so we could store it  in our brain's filing cabinet with the help of the hippocampus.  We are looking at how we can change and grow our brain.

  We finished up the third module in math in the orange and purple groups. In the purple group we've been rounding and ordering 3 and 4 digit numbers and multiplying by 2 and 4.  The orange group was working with three digit numbers in all sorts of ways and working with addition strategies building on the doubles facts and the make ten facts.  
We have discussed the size of changes (from the small ripple of a glitch to large changes that affect the rest of your life) and applied it to a book we read about people who have to move off their mountain in Appalachia, in order for a park to be built, When the Whippoorwill Calls.   We have been talking about good manners at school this week in preparation for our upcoming family feasts.  I'm sure you can help remind your child before the feast to use these super great manners...and at every meal!  Happy Thanksgiving!