Terrific Tuesday

We started science today by observing some sage leaves I brought in from my garden.  Students used their senses to describe how the leaf looked, smelled and some even tasted the sage.  

In reading, we started talking about the features of non-fiction text.  We also discussed the purpose of these features and how they help us read the text.  Students looked through non-fiction books and then discussed how they are different from fiction.  The features we found so far are:

1. Real pictures: The purpose is to make it more realistic and help us see things we might not see in our life.
2. Sub-titles:  Sub-titles help us to get ready for what we will read.  It is important to read the sub-titles.
3. Fact boxes:  Fact boxes offer more facts about the topic.  It is important to read the information in these boxes.

We will continue this discussion for the rest of the week.  Our read aloud was with Mrs. Barion today.   She will visit our class every Wednesday.  Students benefit from hearing fluent readers read to them.

Math: We are working on addition right now.  I will get trained on our new Math program on Monday, October 10.  We will start it on Tuesday.  Check back for regular updates.