Happy Friday! Although it was a short week we had a lot going on in Room 165! Today we had our Fire Prevention Assembly. The Crystal Lake Fire Department came to teach us about being safe if there were ever a fire. We also got to check out the fire truck! Our classmates, Julia and Jillian were the winners of the Fire Prevention Poster Contest! Congratulations! 

Not only did we have Fire Prevention, but we had Mr. Greenwood visit our classroom as the Mystery Reader. He came in his police uniform to teach us all about being a police officer. We got to meet his D.A.R.E lion, ask questions and learn about the duties of a police officer. Thank you, Mr. Greenwood for teaching us! 

Our readers are growing each day! We learned to stop and give ourselves a comprehension check to be sure we are understanding our Just Right books. We also learned that we need to be aware of the thinking our book is telling us to do- should we be envisioning or thinking about information the book is giving us? This helps us understand the text. We got to read a few more chapters of Stone Fox and we are left at a cliffhanger! Will Grandfather survive? Will he talk? The suspense is killing us!

Today we did our Fact Frenzy Friday! Mathematicians used their addition strategies to work on their fact fluency. Students saw their growth from their last fact frenzy! How exciting! Keep practicing those facts!

We've also learned about the word, efficient. We use it a lot during math as we are becoming efficient mathematicians. We want to get to the answer in the most efficient ways! Ask your child about their efficient strategies. 

HAVE A MARVELOUS WEEKEND!