We also explored addition fact families and discovered that addition is commutative — meaning that the order of numbers doesn’t change the total. This helped us see how number sentences can be rearranged while keeping the same sum.

We kicked off our new topic in Science: Animals, including Humans. This week, we focused on the human body and the important role of the skeleton. We learned what happens when bones break and why our skeleton is so vital for movement and protection.

Reminder – if you haven’t already sent in a baby photo, please do so over the weekend. We’ll be using them next week for a fun guessing activity — can we figure out who’s who?