Mrs. Laidlaw's Classroom News

What a blast we had yesterday watching the teachers and Mr. Metty race on the bus loop. We were even featured on the channel 4 news again! Im posting today’s announcements so you can see a clip of the race!

I found a really cute game using the 100′s chart. It is a great way to gain number sense. Give it a try!

This week’s book treasure is the classic story Ira Sleeps Over. It is a really cute story about a little boy that can’t decide if he should take his teddy bear to a sleep over. Listen to see if Ira takes his teddy bear with him!

SPELLING-This week we are working on Unit 22. The spelling words for the week are: again, off went, old, number. The skill for the week is contractions. Spelling tests have 16 words now. Please go back and study past words.

READING-In reading we are working on Main Idea’s of stories or passages. When your child fills out their main idea page for their reading log please make sure they are writing about the most important things that are happening . 

MATH-this week are are finishing up the fraction unit. Test is planned for this Friday. Review sheet came home today!

SOCIAL STUDIES-Needs and Wants test was planned for today. We were so engrossed with our writing unit….I totally forgot. Opps! We will have the test first thing tomorrow morning.

SCIENCE-We have started our planting unit. We will discover what plants need to survive and what they need to thrive.

WRITING-just before break we started another non-fiction unit. The children are going to write a book about what they are experts at. We have made the table of contents and are now writing our chapters. This week we are going to learn how to add in different text features to enhance our writing.

We had a great time at Bingo Night of Friday. Fun was had by all and the kids won some pretty cool prizes.

Spring is coming right??? Well to try and get ready for it I read Froggy Plays Soccer. It is a really cute story that the kids really enjoyed. 

Take a peek at the video I found of a dad reading this funny story.

As if today could not get any better we were very lucky to have a Michigan author come visit our students!

Author visit with Denise Brennan-Nelson!

Take a peek at her web site:

http://www.denisebrennannelson.com/denise/

This week Eisenhower elementary collected over 9,300 book to donate to needy families in the Detroit Area. We were lucky enough to win the contest and Channel 4 WDIV came to our school to show us filling the bus. Paws Hoops and the Fraser Rambler came to visit us during lunch. It was an amazing experience and the kids were super excited about their accomplishment.

Take a peek at the Channel 4 news story featured today!

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