This morning, we completed math boxes on page 25, took a spelling test, and practiced our keyboarding skills with Mrs. Driscoll. 

After snack, we played "Name that Number" in partners.  It's a game where you put five number cards face-up in a row on your desk and an additional card face-up at the top (this is your target number).  You try to add, subtract, mulitiply, or divide 1,2,3,4, or 5 of the number cards to make the target number.  Soooo, if your target number is 3 and the five cards in front of you are 8, 3, 10, 7, and 0, you could do this:

10-7+0= 3

But that only uses three cards.  You could use four this way:

3x0=0, 0+10=10 and 10-7=3

There is a game kind of like it found below.  The target number in this game is always 24, though and the number of cards you use varies.

After we played a few rounds, I introduced the three ocean zones. You can skim through the power point below for information:

For seatwork, we colored sea creatures that live in each of the three zones, using a color coding document.  I'll send those home with your sister today. You only need to color the creatures and the water they live in (light blue for the Sunlight Zone, dark blue for the Twilight Zone, and black for the midnight zone).  We will assemble the final product next week. 

READING:  During rotation, we continued to read in the Sea Monsters book.  You should choose to read, take notes, and illustrate either the Vampire Squid or the Anglerfish in your note-taking flipbook, which can be located in and around pages 65-69.

We have sure missed you!  Hope the weekend is relaxing and that you can return on Monday. :)