This morning, we completed an entry for the Caught Ya and added these words to our Spelling Dictionaries:

I also introduced the new Wordly Wise words for Lesson 7.  You can take a peek at them here.

During math, we talked about decimals.  It was easy to read money amounts like $6.31 and $0.08, but it was a bit harder to explain what a tenth and a hundredth are.  It was easier to compare them to coins.

1 dime = one-tenth of a dollar = 0.1

1 penny = one-hundredth of a dollar = 0.01

We also used longs and cubes to demonstrate. Maybe these pictures will help:

We completed p 114 and 115 in the math journal to help us understand decimals, too.  Your parents definitely know about decimals and will be able to help you get a basic understanding.

During rotation today, we started reading new books by Dan Gutman.  The three choices were:

The Get Rich Quick Club

Million Dollar Kick

Babe and Me

We were able to read about 10 pages in each book in small groups today.  We will let you know how far we were able to get in your particular book once you return.

Seatwork included:

*Complete your Quadrarama

*Continue to illustrate your artwork for your Timucua glog

SCIENCE- We only got a short bit done here...I filled a straw with water and sealed both ends with clay.  I asked the children to predict what will happen to the straw, the water, and the clay after put in the freezer over night.  What do you think will happen?  

Tomorrow we'll pull the straws out of the freezer and describe what it is we see.  This experiment might give us an idea of what happens to cracked rocks that fill with rain water on a cold, wintery day...and then have the water freeze.

We talked briefly about reading goals for the month of January.  We will have to continue that discussion tomorrow as we just ran out of time!

We look forward to having you back at school and we hope your holidays were fun-filled!

:)Mrs. Neal