We reviewed the parts of a bat and characteristics of a bat from yesterday. We continued with more information about bats and carried that over to math equations and drawing a bat symmetrically. Lastly, we viewed a few images online of bats and their pups.

Teddy used his spelling words to write sentences. He played a rhyming game. He completed several activities using the apostrophe to make possessive nouns. He worked on several activities using the blends th, sh, and ng. He read and discussed the story," Thump Thump Helps Out." He could identify the setting, characters, and main ideas.

This morning, we researched inventors of Teddy's choice, Orville and Wilbur Wright and Henry Ford. We began with the history of flight, beginning with primitive gliders and hot air balloons, before learning about the Wright brothers' journey to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful airplane. Then, we learned about Henry Ford and his ability to make automobiles affordable and more readily available for middle-class Americans.

Teddy used 5 spelling words and wrote them in sentences. He read all of his high frequency words from unit 1 and 2. He completed several activities using these high frequency words in context. He recited the rule for what a sentence is and what a noun is. He practiced reading and identifying his new ending blends. He reviewed when to use an apostrophe to show ownership and to make a contraction. He learned how to add the ending (ing) to words. He read and discussed both of his stories for this week. He took a reading comprehension test over the stories and made a 100%.

Teddy had several good rallies in badminton today hitting the shuttlecock in return of the serve. He is very good at racquet sports!

Teddy wanted to do the Subject and Predicate Halloween Sentence Mix-Up and add his drawings. He randomly chose his subjects and his predicates to come up with these silly sentences: 1) The black cat carved our pumpkins, 2) The Haunted House rode on her broom, and 3) The bat went on a field trip. He drew very detailed illustrations to depict the sentences. Excellent work, Teddy!

We explored bats today. We created a bat book with a lot of facts about bats. Then, we read the book and answered comprehension questions. We will continue to work on the bat packet throughout the week.

Today, Teddy continued to work on using doubles to add. We used flashcards to review doubles facts and how to use those doubles facts to add near doubles. Teddy used pictures of connecting cube towers that modeled near doubles to help him break apart addends to make a doubles fact plus one more. He completed the practice and lesson check problems for the lesson, as well as the spiral review.

To begin, Teddy used addition flashcards to review the basic addition facts 0 through 5. Then, we reviewed doubles facts from yesterday's lesson before beginning our lesson on using doubles to help add near doubles. Using connecting cubes to model near-doubles problems, Teddy broke apart the larger addend to make a doubles plus one, helping him to find the sums.

Today, we focused on the American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. Teddy learned about his childhood, the challenges he faced, and his ability to persevere and become a great inventor. Then, we learned about a few of his most well-known inventions, such as the phonograph, motion picture camera, electric power generator, and light bulb, and their huge impact on the modern world.