Pig in a Pen

We have a new companion for Lola.  He is either going to be Lemonzest or Johnny Lemonseed.  It is a tie vote currently.  This canary is a gift from a school family.  So far he and Lola are curious about each other, and haven't started bickering.  They are not sharing a habitat, but are in close proximity.  

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Our class has read a book and seen several films about the story of Johnny Appleseed.  We have been doing some apple projects and orchard mapping.  First we had an apple taste test and then we made dehydrated apple chips.  Our mapping project so far has Johnny and the orchards.  Next week the covered wagons will roll in and then cabins will be built.  

In grammar we have started with barebones sentences (article, noun and verb) and then added an adjective.  We will continue to extend them as we expand our parts of speech knowledge.  We also used stamps and stickers to write rebus stories.  In reading, students are learning to go back and underline evidence to answer questions about the text.  

Our orange and purple math groups have moved into Module 2.  The orange group is working with number lines and the purple group is working with triple digit addition with composing.  You can help your student by working on the making 10 facts (2+8=10, 7+3=10) and the doubles (like 6+6, 7+7).   Ask them if a numbers is odd or even.  Some students need more work on this.  
We are continuing to research reptiles and the 4 specific reptiles that the kids voted to study (coral and rattlesnakes, red eared sliders and spiny lizards).  Yesterday we learned some crazy stuff about coral snakes...ask your child what a "micro fart" is.  

We are enjoying the tales of Molly Whuppie with great relish.  Our class song for the Woodland Faire sprang right out of one of the stories in this wonderful book. 
As usual there is too much to tell, but hopefully you have the gist of it, in case your child says they didn't do anything at school today. 

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