This week in Mrs. Zimmer's Class!

In Math, we are finishing up our story problem unit! We will take our Unit test on Friday.  In order to prepare students for the test, practice similar problems that you have seen come home on their homework.  They should practice solving addition and subtraction story problems where they need to find a total, and solving problems for an unknown partner.  Make sure they do not forget their label!

In Science, we finished our last lesson for chapter 4.  Students will be taking their chapter test tomorrow.  They need to be familiar with the life cycles of plants and animals, and how they change as they grow.  We will be having a quick review before the test.  The rest of the week, we will begin our next unit on Food Chains.  Students will be learning about how plants and animals get food.  We will explore how how plants use water, sunlight, and air to make their own food, and also learn about the different food chains in the rain forest and in the marsh.  Our vocabulary words this chapter are oxygen, rain forest, food chain, and marsh.  Use these words when talking about food chains! :)

In Health we are making a compliment chain to hang in our room to remind us of all the nice things we can say to others or to ourselves to make us feel good while creating a loving environment in the classroom.