finished up our kite string letters in handwriting and started learning our loop letters: e, l and b

wrote in our journals

learned about how authors use a plan (graphic organizer) when writing

used a plan to write a personal narrative

read The Grateful Book and created our own 3B Grateful Book by following the author's sentence frame

practiced using a new strategy for decoding tricky words called Spot It! Split It! Say It!

practiced writing a word in expanded form using numerals only and numerals and words

• • • numerals only: 400 + 20 + 6 = 426

    • numerals and words: 4 hundreds + 2 tens + 6 ones = 426

learned how to write numbers in words

• • • four hundred twenty-six

investigated reversible and nonreversible changes

explored the difference between natural and processed materials

• • • natural : comes from NATURE

    • processed: comes from PEOPLE

learned about how Indigenous communities used natural resources to meet their needs