The Raft

This week we are using the story 'The Raft' by Jim LaMarche as our anchor text.  It is the story of young Nick who is sent to spend the summer with his grandmother in the woods of Wisconsin although he'd rather be in the city.  He isn't very impressed with the work that needs doing but before long a raft appears in the water and he makes some great discoveries about the animals around him on the land and in the water.  He also discovers great things about his grandmother.  We wrote about the animals today in our journals, expressing an interest about one over the other.  We then completed a graphic organizer to summarize the story using somebody/wanted/but/so/then.  We will be using the book to compare fiction and nonfiction as well as learn a little about the animals we meet.

We learned how to line up our tens and ones numbers on a chart for adding today.  The most important thing to remember about this method of adding is to keep the numbers in the appropriate columns.  This strategy wraps up our addition of larger numbers and now we will move onto subtraction.  Students are working through the Mathletics unit for further practice.

How does daily life reflect quality of life in Peru? is the question we attempted to answer as a group.  We looked at the pictures of people living in Lima Peru and pictures of life in the country side and decided that we would rather live in the country.  Did you know most people in Peru have a city home and a country home?


BHS Loves Reading Day - November 29
On November 29, 2018, Beddington Heights School will be celebrating all things books on our BHS Loves Reading Day.
Students are welcome and encouraged to come to school dressed as their favorite book character for the day.  They may even want to carry a copy of the book that the character is featured in with them, as we will be having multiple "Drop Everything And Read" times throughout the day.  Classes will also be decorating their doors with book themed artwork, and taking the time to appreciate why reading is so amazing.
We hope to see a good number of students, and teachers, in our school participating in this community spirit event.  
We can't wait to see all of our friends and peers dressed up, reading, and showing us what characters mean the most to them.