Barton’s Bay News
April 29, 2016
In Reading Workshop, we read many books by Robert Munsch.
We found his style to be full of silliness and noise! He also used onomatopoeia to
express the fun and chaos going on in many of his books. In Math, we focused on
subtracting three-digit numbers, both with and without regrouping.
In Writing Workshop, we read and wrote several Haiku poems. These short
poems originated in Japan and are about nature. They follow the rule of 3 lines,
with the first and third line having 5 syllables each. The middle line has 7
syllables. Below is our class-written Haiku.
The Woods
In the woods we go.
Trees give cool shade from green leaves.
We hear woodpeckers.
We also took some time to write about our wonderful mothers! We are using
this opportunity to exercise our paragraph writing skills.
In Social Studies, we began our Mother’s Day preparations and created
drawings to communicate messages like the Native Americans of the Plains did in
the past.
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Table Talk
 Monday is Day 12: Gym
 If you have not already done so,
please RSVP for our Mother’s
Day event. Mother’s Day in
Barton’s Bay will take place on
Thursday, May 5th, at 10:30AM.
 Ask your child if he or she needs
more glue sticks.
Below are some conversation ideas for the dinner
table:
What message did you write on your buffalo
“skin?”
Tell me about the many different strategies
for subtracting three-digit numbers.
I’d love to hear about the Mother’s Day
preparations---No, I am only kidding! Do
not ask about them for they are Top
Secret! 
Have a fantastic weekend!
Wendy Barton