Thank you to all those that were able to make it to our Writers' Celebration yesterday! My apologies for not timing it better - my goal was for it to end a little closer to 2:30! It was a little hard to predict how much time students would take teaching their reading buddies.
Reading - Our blogs are posted and students have shared some thoughtful comments about each other's recommendations. If you would like access to the blog, feel free to email me and I'll send you the Join Code! We also started our nonfiction unit. Students began by finding nonfiction text features, which help us understand important information. When used to preview a text, they help us guess the main idea.
Writing - Students worked so hard to publish their information writing, and have a lot to be proud of. We'll start our next unit next week: opinion writing!
Math - We continued working with area and perimeter. We'll experiment more with irregular shapes next week.
Social Studies - We studied the Pilgrims' journey on the Mayflower - ask your student how they would describe the trip and why! Next week, we'll look at the Mayflower Compact and hopefully the Pilgrims' first winter.
Miscellaneous - We've been working on active listening. For every 5 minutes of class-wide active listening, the class has earned a tally. Now that we've gotten 15 tallies, the class voted for a special day: Kids as Teachers Day. This coming Friday, February 12, students who chose to be teachers will run an activity, from Open Circle to Writing to Math. I, personally, am looking forward to being a student!
We'll also exchange valentines that day - please see my earlier post with regards to valentines expectations.
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Reading - Our blogs are posted and students have shared some thoughtful comments about each other's recommendations. If you would like access to the blog, feel free to email me and I'll send you the Join Code! We also started our nonfiction unit. Students began by finding nonfiction text features, which help us understand important information. When used to preview a text, they help us guess the main idea.
Writing - Students worked so hard to publish their information writing, and have a lot to be proud of. We'll start our next unit next week: opinion writing!
Math - We continued working with area and perimeter. We'll experiment more with irregular shapes next week.
Social Studies - We studied the Pilgrims' journey on the Mayflower - ask your student how they would describe the trip and why! Next week, we'll look at the Mayflower Compact and hopefully the Pilgrims' first winter.
Miscellaneous - We've been working on active listening. For every 5 minutes of class-wide active listening, the class has earned a tally. Now that we've gotten 15 tallies, the class voted for a special day: Kids as Teachers Day. This coming Friday, February 12, students who chose to be teachers will run an activity, from Open Circle to Writing to Math. I, personally, am looking forward to being a student!
We'll also exchange valentines that day - please see my earlier post with regards to valentines expectations.
As always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.