This week we are focusing on the LONG /u/ sound with the spelling patterns, u, u_e, ue, and ew. We have been learning to sort these words, read them, and spell them. We are learning how to write opinion papers, so that we can give our opinion and back that opinion with valid reasons and information. We are learning to subtract within 100, using 2 digit numbers, and using regrouping. This is proving a difficult concept, but we are sure that we will master it. We have been learning about gravity, in science. It's been fun talking about why everything falls to the ground instead of floating away, and why penguins in the antarctica, don't fall off the bottom of the planet.