One Monkey, Two Monkeys

This morning students practised handwriting and wrote as many examples of words that end in ay, ey, iy, oy, and uy as they could and made them plural by adding s (boy - boys). Some students were tricked by "monkey" and found out that more than one monkey is spelled monkeys.
In Math we continued learning about friendly numbers that add to 10 as an addition strategy. For example, ask your child an easy way to add 12 + 5 +14+ 1 =  ____ (written horizontally) or 67 + 24 + 6+ 13 = _____ (written horizontally) without using a calculator.
I read a chapter aloud from our novel study and the students completed a connections exercise, relating things in the novel to their own life, books that they've read, and things they know about the world. Before lunch, students worked on their Monet art. We will finish it next week. Thanks again to K. and her mom for bringing in another piece of Monet's art to share with the class.

In progress Monet-inspired art. We'll finish next week.

Mr. Wilson is teaching the class this afternoon.

Mrs. S