Library News

Today in library Ms. Zbacnik talked about summer reading. She showed our class the summer reading page on her blog. It has great lists of book suggestions by grade level. She also shared about some great summer reading programs at Half Price Books, Barnes and Noble and the public library!

Special Times

Today we worked in our Special Times book. We wrote about the field trip yesterday and field day! These books will be in their portfolios next week. It's a great way to look back at some of the special things we have done this year! 

Field Trip to Mill City Museum

Today was our field trip to Mill City Museum! 




We experienced many fun things! We did the "Flour Tower." Ask your child what they learned about the mill and what happened a long time ago!







We got to go out on the observation deck! We had a beautiful view of the Mississippi River and St. Anthony Falls!









We learned some cool things about water. See if your child can finish this sentence, "Water equals __________." 



We had fun int eh water lab! See if your child can tell you about the four different stations! 

















We ended with a little time to explore the museum part and a movie called, "Minnesota in 19 Minutes Flat!" It was a great field trip!

Rounding and Estimating

We finished the regular lessons in math. Now we are working on some extension lessons. Yesterday we talked about rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. Today we used that skill to estimate numbers and add them together. See if your child can tell you how to round and estimate!

How Communities Change

Today we started our new social studies unit about how communities change over time. This will lead into our field trip next week when we go to Mill City! Ask your child about some of the different ways a community can change!

Post Card Project!

We have been working on a special post card project! All year we have been working hard on learning how to take notes and do research. This week we used our skills to research a famous place or landmark in the United States. Students took notes and put it into a post card form. They did a great job!