This week in Language Arts, we worked on the prefix "pre," which means "before." Right now, we've been getting a lot of practice in writing definitions. The thoughtful intention into what a word means is another useful tool in the retention of said word. Another practice we've begun to adopt is answering questions in complete sentences! It can take a little more time, which we do not always prefer, but we are slowly getting the hang of it! We also finished up our TILE testing this week as well. 

This week in Math, we practiced mixing up our 2-5s times tables! We start with the ones we know already, and then make our ways to the ones we may as quickly remember. As a class, we're also learning different strategies when it comes to multiplication! We figured out that multiplying is a form of adding, which can help us when we get stuck. Some of us remember our 5 counting on the clock. So many ways to solve a problem! We also learned how to plot coordinates this week. This is an advanced level skill, but it greatly helps us in slowing down when we work, because graphing requires attention to detail. It develops our logic, and problem solving as well, which has then fed into helping us work through other types of math problems! And we also had our very first math test, woo!