This week in Language Arts, we continued working on our "ought" words. We also started some work on writing down details from a story! This week was the Spell Tale about Tha Plain, Little Pumpkin. We revisited our work with the prefix "re" and had to identify that prefix in several different words. As a little twist this week, rather than having to use those words in a sentence, we had to write the definition instead! This practice brings mindfulness to the words we're using, and organically stimulates connection to literary nuance. Using a word in a sentence is a necessary skill, but can become less mentally demanding over time. However, having to write what a word means puts in a very distinctive state of mind, which will be key to all of our writing work to come.

This week in Math, we continued practicing our borrowing skills. We're working on remembering to start on the right and from the top, annnnnd that if the top number is smaller than the bottom, we have to borrow (only 1!) from our neighbor next door. We also put this into practical use, and practiced borrowing using money! We're learning the dollar format ($0.52), and that adding/subtracting money is way easier when we use that format. We also tip toed into our 5s times tables this week. It was SUCH a fun surprise to learn that a) we had secretly learned this when we learned how to tell time and b) that 5 times tables are basically the same as 5 skip counting!