September 13-17 Week in Review

*Language Arts: The students read a story called, “A Visit with Grandpa”. The students discussed how the story related to their lives. The main theme of the story was, "If you practice and put effort into something, things that seem hard now will be easier to do later."

*Social Studies: This week, we discussed the landforms that make up New Jersey. We celebrated “Constitution Day” on Friday and discussed how the Articles of the Constitution helped to form our nation. We watched a video featuring the National Constitution Center and the first woman Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. You can visit that website at: http://www.constitutioncenter.org/

*Science: We learned how animals and plants are classified. The students created a flip booklet with examples of flowering plants, conifers and ferns & mosses.
*Math: In Math class, we discussed quadrangles, polygons, and angles. The students worked in groups at different math centers. We read the book “The Greedy Triangle” by Marilyn Burns to review shapes. The kids took a quiz on lines, segments, rays, angles, and polygons. We spent some time using a compass to create circles. Next week we will be using a compass to create some cool designs.