Happy Friday!
This has been a week of finishing up -- we finished up our data unit with a fun assessment comparing temperatures in Boston and Philadelphia. We also put finishing touches on our fiction pieces and started working on editing, adding pictures, and getting ready to publish. We finished up our reading unit, although reading never ends! 

The big news of the week was that VEEP came to visit! We had a wind station and a solar station, and the kids got to experiment with the angles of the solar panel as well as the angles of the wind turbine blades to see how they could maximize voltage. Then they got to see a demonstration of how hydro works -- and fun was had by all!

Today we had our Great Vermont Scavenger Hunt outdoors. Be sure to ask your kids what that was all about -- and ask them to show you their prizes!  They know Vermont REALLY well at this point!

Next week is going to be a crazy one. We are starting a new math unit which is about multiplication and division.  Expect to see a dip in their confidence about math as they start this unit -- it is a whole new level of thinking for many!  Other than that, next week is all about celebrations and unusual activities. Here's the run down:
Monday: Watching Coco
Tuesday: We are running school wide meeting. Feel free to join us!
Wednesday: Candy maps to celebrate our Vermont unit
Thursday: Harvest festival with Mr. B's class, reading celebration, writing celebration
Friday: Wizarding World Day!

It's a good thing learning happens in many ways...

Have a wonderful weekend!