Classroom Update

Wishing all of our families a Happy Thanksgiving!

Math:

We are now well into our unit on multiplication. Students have use the are model with base 10 blocks as well as the windows method to solve multiplication problems while also learning about why these methods work. Students will continue to practice the windows method next week.

Reader's Workshop:

The past two weeks we have focused on learning about non-fiction text. Students are able to identify non-fiction text features that help the reader to better understand the information presented in the text. We also looked at the way non-fiction text are built (non-fiction text structures). Students worked on using key words to identify the structure of a text and in doing so will help them begin strategic readers.

Classroom Update

Math:

We have completed Topic 3 Finding and Analyzing Patterns and we are now moving into our unit on Multiplication. Your child will be learning about different strategies to multiply larger numbers. Be sure to look out for demo videos explaining these methods.

Social Studies/ Science:

We are continuing to discuss storms in our weather unit in science. In social studies we began our Mexico unit of study by learning about the Day of the Dead and making sugar skull masks.

Reader' Workshop:

We have officially completed our first interactive read aloud, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Students enjoyed many penguin themed activities on Thursday's "black and white" day. Also, on Thursday students were treated to an Antarctica presentation from Mr. Whitmore. Our goals for this interactive read aloud included asking talk worthy questions, tracking narrative elements, and finding evidence from the text to support inferences about character traits.

Writer's Workshop:

Students have brought home their published narrative stories to share with you. We are now well into writing a second realistic fiction narrative story using all of the strategies we have learned. Students are learning to how generate ideas and develop believable characters in their stories.


Other Exciting News!

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in student council elections. Running for student council and giving a speech to your classmates is certainly something to be proud of!