May Flowers

Happy Spring! I hope you are all enjoying this beautiful weather! Here's what we have been up to in room 306:

• We finished up Hoot a few weeks ago, and celebrated with our pancake breakfast. We will be starting a new literature circle next week. We are all very happy that state tests are done in ELA and Math, and the students enjoyed their morning breakfasts. Thank you to all who contributed!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Students have been working to make a movie trailer about the myth that they are researching on the iPads. We have been working in class and during library time. The trailers are coming out great!

• In math, we are working with units of measurement. The class was able to circle through stations last week. 
• In science, we are just beginning a unit on simple machines. The class will learn what simple machines are, and how they work. Students will also build simple machines. 2 weeks ago, we dissected owl pellets in lab. Here are some photos:
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• Tilly and Nelly were mystery readers. We were very excited to have them in class!
• The class tried fennel during our Good Eats presentation. You can tell by their reactions how they liked it : )
• Mr. Gilker has been in twice for Junior Achievement. The class has been learning about how to start up a business. We are very thankful that Mr. Gilker has dedicated so much time to us!