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Reading: This week we continued learning about non-fiction conventions. We noticed how headings help us know what we will read about. Bold or differently colored words can show us what words are important. We learned that photographs help you see exactly what something looks like. Students found captions which are sentences that describe a picture. Writing: We continued to learn about parts of speech. We included an "Adjective Alley" with descriptive words. Students created an acrostic poem with adjectives starting with the letters in their names. We sorted words to notice if they were nouns or adjectives. Wordy Study: This week we learned about the -le syllable. Students noticed that the consonant that comes before -le always joins it when reading the syllable. The class read and sorted words by their -le patterns (-tle, -zle, -fle, -ple, and more). Math: We used a hundred chart to notice multiples of 2 and made addition equations with 2's. We started a new unit about adding and subtracting within 100. The class took a pre-assessment and reviewed how to use an open number line efficiently. Science: We discussed what makes something living. We went outside and collected living and non-living things. Students learned about the 5 needs of plants and animals. We learned about habitats and classified plants and animals by the environment that would best meet their needs. More Harvest Party Photos
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Reading: We discussed the difference between fiction and non-fiction. We charted several differences between the two. We started exploring non-fiction conventions (text features) and how they can help a reader find and understand text information. We learned about table of contents, index, and glossary. Writing: We started learning about the parts of speech. We read several books about nouns. We created a "Noun Town" of drawings of people, places, and things. Students worked on identifying types of nouns. We also learned that a proper noun is a specific person, place, or thing and needs a capital. Word Study: We finished working on the bossy r syllable. Students watched a video about them and went on the website Spelling City to practice spelling them. We took an assessment on Wednesday. We started learning about the -le syllable. Students noticed that the consonant that comes before -le always joins it when reading the syllable. Math: We reviewed place value concepts by creating Place Value Spiders. Students learned different ways to represent a number - base ten numerals, base ten blocks, number word, and expanded form. We reviewed the place value and measuring concepts we studied these past few weeks and took the assessment on Wednesday. We started thinking about repeating patterns of twos and arrays the rest of the week. Science:
As a fun STEAM project to promote our thinking habits, students created and innovated pumpkin lifts. They worked in groups to design a type of elevator that could lift a small pumpkin. The class really enjoyed collaborating and working hard to make "haunted" elevators. News:
Reading: We continued to practice how to retell books. Students wrote down what they had learned about a good retelling. We reviewed themes and retelling across our fingers (using time words like first, next, then, after that, and finally). Writing: We continued learning how to use the writing process to make our stories better. Students took part in peer conferences where they read each other's work and gave 2 stars and 1 wish. We finished by publishing our stories on nice paper in our best handwriting. Word Study: We continued to learn about the r-controlled syllable (the bossy r). Students did a word hunt for er/ir/ur words and noticed where we often find each of these in a word (-er is often at the end, -ir and -ur are often in the middle). The class looked at several words to determine which syllable type it contained (open, closed, magic e, or r-controlled). Math: Our learning goal was about using an open number line. Students practiced taking "leaps" for adding ten and "steps" for adding ones on a board game. They measured the length of beans on their paper by showing arches for adding tens and ones. We practiced marking where we would land on an open number when we add tens and ones. Friday we did some Halloween place value activities to review those concepts. Science:
We finished learning about the properties of air. Using an experiment of putting a paper towel inside a plastic cup, students were surprised to learn that the paper towel does not get wet if you put the cup upside down in water. This helped us discover that air has volume, it takes up space. We also discussed what air pressure is and how it affects us. We reviewed what we have learned and took the assessment on Friday. News:
Reading: We finished learning about how to retell stories. We read several books to help us recognize the theme of the stories. The class wrote a retelling of the characters, problem, solution, and theme of our previous read aloud book Edward Tulane. Writing: Students worked on writing a first draft of their "Best Part of Me" story. We learned ways to revise our work (ACT - add, change, take out). We worked on how we can edit our draft. They learned “COPS – capitals, order, punctuation, spelling” to remember what to look for while we edit. Students used red colored pencils to check for and fix these things in their stories. Word Study: The class did more exploring and activities related to CVCe words (words that have a silent e at the end). Students practiced on whiteboards and inserted CVC and CVCe words in sentences. We took the assessment on Tuesday. We started learning about the r-controlled syllable - when the r is "bossy" and makes the vowels change their sounds (ar, or, er, ir, and ur). Math: Our learning goal this week related to ways to measure efficiently. We discussed how we can use cubes in groups of 5 in alternate colors to help us measure/add more quickly. Students used cubes or tiles to create "snakes" and then measured how long each other's were, counting by 5's or 10's. We then used what we learned about alternating colors of cubes to create a number line that included multiples of 5. Students created their own measuring strips to measure different items in our room. Science:
Our goal this week was to identify and describe the properties of air. Students used anemometers to measure the speed of wind. We learned that air has direction and reviewed the four main directions of north, east, south, and west. Students created windsocks to help us observe the direction the wind is blowing. We discussed that air has temperature. Students learned how to measure with a thermometer. After observing different experiments, we reviewed that hot air expands and cold air contracts. |
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