Weekly Update

Kindergarten: We read The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens.  The Mystery Box also returned with a dog, prairie dog, and a tennis ball inside.  We tried to see how those objects would fit into our story!  We had great predictions and the book was really funny!

First Grade: How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky was the book we enjoyed.  We talked about what job we want to have when we are an adult and what characteristics we already hold to be a good fit for that job.  We discussed the book and what characteristics Santa had before he got his job.  We also continued to work to find the right shelf when given a spine label.

Second Grade: We started a nonfiction text features project. We are making a lapbook using all of the different nonfiction text features we have learned about.  We are taking a nonfiction holiday book and using that as our guide.  We hope to finish it by January!

Third Grade: We're continuing to work on search and locate in the library.  We finished our scavenger hunts and maps of the library.  We discussed them, talked about different sections of the library and even practiced putting ourselves in alphabetical order.

Fourth Grade: The nonfiction section of the library is our current focus.  We're talking about the different sections and how the books are organized by categories.  We got to watch our favorite library video, the Dewey Rap!

Fifth Grade: There are a lot of different search engines out on the web.  We each evaluated one during class and we began discussing what each search engine is good at.  We're hoping to find one to recommend to students at Orchard Hill.

Sixth Grade: We chose a question and had to find the answer in two different websites.  We also looked through the website and gave it a score based on what information it provided for us.