Mrs. Emfinger's and Mrs. Light's Classroom News

In social studies the students are finishing their study on Chapter 3: The English Colonies in North America. Students have recently expanded their vocabulary with words like democracy and cash crops. They have also been working on their map skills by creating a large scale map of North America, Europe, Africa, and South America on the classroom floor.

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In literacy we are about to finish our first read aloud of Saving Wonder. The students have also enjoyed learning how to speak figuratively in their narrative writing.

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In Mrs. Light's math class students are using mental strategies for multi-digit multiplication.

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Matter and mass are the topics of the day for science. Experiments have been conducted using triple beam balances.