Growing Together

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How have we grown so far?
The children are becoming familiar with the day to day procedures and they are developing good habits. 
We are rounding, using mental math strategies and working to increase our understanding of numbers and how we can take them apart to make adding and subtracting mentally easier.
Our reading stamina is increasing. We can read independently and to a partner for more than 15 minutes without getting distracted. We are working on leaving, "thinking tracks" in our books. We can use sticky notes, mark up passages and fill out organizers like the one that is for homework this week.  The more children write and share their thinking about the stories they read the more they gain from the reading. In class we are using the phrase, "Reading is breathing in and writing is breathing out."  We are working on writing things that are close to our hearts. We will continue to work on personal narratives for the month of October. We love sharing our stories because sharing brings us closer together as a team.
In science we are "growing" pinto beans and using variables to see what helps them to grow best. We are also learning about classifying plants. We will be learning about photosynthesis, plant reproduction, the importance of each part of the plant and more.
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