Centimeters

In SWR today we wrote a 28-dot sentence and practiced words in the ___ed and ___et families.  We realized that we had to listen very carefully because short e and short i sound very similar in some words. 

In math we learned a brand new unit of measurement- the centimeter!  We had a wonderful time measuring in centimeters.  We realized that an inch is about 2 centimeters and the "longs" in our base-10 blocks are about 10 centimeters.  We also completed fact triangles and did a fabulous job- we are getting excellent at creating fact families. 

We read more of Shanghai Messenger today.  In this book, a Chinese-American girl travels to visit her extended family in China.  We have loved reading about her experiences with her family and how different the culture is from America.  We especially like this book because it's written in poems not chapters like we're used to.  The illustrations are impressive too.

 Look at this amazing informational drawing about the Great Wall!

 And word family houses!

This afternoon we revisted our realistic fiction stories and had DARE.  It was our last DARE class- we had a great time!

Please remember to log onto RAZ-kids tonight, practice your poem at least once, and send an email to me sharing new learning from today!