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Secret Reader Alert! Our secret reader brought us stories about the origin of Earth Day, and the first woman to run a marathon. Thank you for the great lesson today, we loved having you!
It's another exciting time here at Decatur! It's. Book Fair Week next week! Students are able to use E-wallets or cash to purchase new books. We will visit each day Monday-Thursday!

Pohela Boishakh

We had a surprise reader this week. Our reader presented all about Pohela Boishakh, also known as the Bengali New Year. We learned how to create traditional decorations, and listened to our reader speak in Bengali! We had a great time learning all about Pohela Boishakh!
SECRET READER ALERT!
Our secret reading read books all about space. The Mousetraunaut, and Luna Muna. Thank you for spending time with us today! We had a great time discussing space, and getting to know more about you. 
Graphing mania: Students analyzed, discussed, and created graphs. After creating graphs students walked around to each table and compared similarities and differences in their graphs and their classmates graphs. 
This week our school counselor presented about Autism Awareness. Our students created their stripes and wrote what makes them unique.
Secret reader alert! Our secret reader brought us stories of Indian dance and culture. We read Masala Chai, and Bharathamum Dance. Our students smelled tea leaves, and handled traditional jewelry used in Bharathamum dancing!
Thank you for spending time with us this week!
This week we discussed capacity, we experienced with water and filling up cups, pints, and quarts. We ended our week by creating a CAPACITY ROBOT!
SECRET READER ALERT! 
Our secret reader read about Ella Fitzgerald, and the Acceptance of others with differences. We had a fantastic time with our secret reader! Thank you for sharing your time with us!
Our classroom studies plants that were donated to our primary team! They observed, and discussed differences between each plant. They shared out their favorite plant and what they liked about it. Thank you to our donor!
Secret Reader Alert! Our secret readers read to us about Holi today. They brought in power used during the festival and showed us a video of one of our students participating in Holi. Thank you for sharing with us today and spending time with us!
Secret Reader Alert! Today we searched for clues to figure out different instruments in our story. Wild Symphony allowed our students to learn about different instruments, hear different pieces of music and be detectives.
Thank you to our secret reader for spending time with us! We loved having you!
Secret Reader Alert! Today we heard the stories, "Library Books Are Not For Eating!" and "The Grufflo." We had a great time with our special guest today, and loved getting to know you more. Thank you for spending time with us today!
Writing station! Students worked on creating topic sentences and supporting details about Living in Space. Our focus was on creating a hook for readers, and editing details to focus on the main topic.