Transition Words

We have begun planning our next Writer's Workshop book.  The girls will be writing a How-To non-fiction book using the transition words that they were introduced to today.  We sorted the different transition words (first, after that, etc) according to where we would use them in a story.  Then we used these words to help us arrange the steps of how the girls get ready for lunch. 

Next, the girls listened to Shoes From Grandpa by our Author of the Month (Mem Fox) and sequenced the events of the story using transition words.

In math, we have been working on place value using base 10 blocks.  The girls have done an excellent job of grasping this concept and have graduated to using the hundreds blocks. The girls even made Mrs. McMahon and Ms. Brooks do a funny trick by completing a challenge question--make sure to ask them what it was!