Field Trip

Our field trip was a hit!  We learned a lot at the Oliver Kelly Farm about the jobs that people used to have on a farm.  The kids had some hands on experience helping with these chores.  The Berry Hill Farm was really fun.  It was cold so it was great that everyone was so well dressed!   Here are some pictures from our trip. 

This week we had the laptop cart on Friday.  Our school has purchased some really great apps for the ipads to use.  I am so excited to use these with the kids.  The first app that we did was the Super Why App.  This is a really good app for reading skills: Super Why App in itunes

 The other app that we used was a drawing app called Doodle Bug.  You can use any drawing app to do what we did.  I had the class use the drawing tools to practice writing their spelling and sight words. There are a lot of free drawing programs out there.

In math last week we began subtraction.  We are working on counting forward and backwards to subtract.  A number line is a very useful tool for this.  This week we will be working on subtraction number stories.  When you are in the car, have your child come up with a number story for you to solve or you model one for them.
Have a great week!