Hi Room 31 Families!
Students are doing a superb job of writing about the week in their Friday journals. They give details, explanations, and their opinions about what they are doing in school. Make sure to check them out! Here is a teacher perspective of our learning from the week:
Math: We worked more on adding and subtracting this week. Our focus was Finding the Difference, and we looked at ways we could add or subtract to find the distance/difference between two numbers. We investigated distance riddles (The difference between 100 and me is 43. What numbers can I be?) and Travel Problems (A trip meter starts at 0. A family stops for gas after 57 miles, and get to their destination after 122 miles. How far did they travel from the gas station to their destination?). We also continued to practice telling time and using math talk moves when describing our strategies.
Writing: We did an "on demand" narrative story to show what we learned about writing an engaging narrative piece. Then, we started brainstorming for our next writing unit: Informational! Students are so excited about writing a book on an expert topic. Some students are writing about cars, video games, dance, Cape Cod, and the Titanic. We will work on organizing all of our ideas next week! We also learned the letter "s" in cursive.
Reading: C-E-R is here! We started new reading groups, and are focusing on responding to what we read using the C-E-R approach: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning. Groups are all reading different nonfiction texts about the Wampanoag tribe. We are still working on having thoughtful book discussions, but now are also planning and writing responses to questions based on the text. For example: What was the effect of King Phillip's War on the Wampanoag people? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer. Students are doing an excellent job of actively reading and responding with evidence.
Social Studies: We finished our scavenger hunts of MA, and even learned about map scale and how to determine distance on a map using a scale. We found Points of Interest, Landmarks, and different bodies of water. Next week, we have a special presentation on the Wampanoag people, and our geography skills will help us make connections to some of the artifacts we see!
Word Work: This week, we worked with contractions and how to spell words like didn't, can't, and wouldn't. We learned about the apostrophe and the meanings of contraction words. We completed a cut-and-glue "contraction surgery" worksheet to help us memorize the different contractions.
Have a wonderful weekend!
-Ms. K
Students are doing a superb job of writing about the week in their Friday journals. They give details, explanations, and their opinions about what they are doing in school. Make sure to check them out! Here is a teacher perspective of our learning from the week:
Math: We worked more on adding and subtracting this week. Our focus was Finding the Difference, and we looked at ways we could add or subtract to find the distance/difference between two numbers. We investigated distance riddles (The difference between 100 and me is 43. What numbers can I be?) and Travel Problems (A trip meter starts at 0. A family stops for gas after 57 miles, and get to their destination after 122 miles. How far did they travel from the gas station to their destination?). We also continued to practice telling time and using math talk moves when describing our strategies.
Writing: We did an "on demand" narrative story to show what we learned about writing an engaging narrative piece. Then, we started brainstorming for our next writing unit: Informational! Students are so excited about writing a book on an expert topic. Some students are writing about cars, video games, dance, Cape Cod, and the Titanic. We will work on organizing all of our ideas next week! We also learned the letter "s" in cursive.
Reading: C-E-R is here! We started new reading groups, and are focusing on responding to what we read using the C-E-R approach: Claim-Evidence-Reasoning. Groups are all reading different nonfiction texts about the Wampanoag tribe. We are still working on having thoughtful book discussions, but now are also planning and writing responses to questions based on the text. For example: What was the effect of King Phillip's War on the Wampanoag people? Use evidence from the text to explain your answer. Students are doing an excellent job of actively reading and responding with evidence.
Social Studies: We finished our scavenger hunts of MA, and even learned about map scale and how to determine distance on a map using a scale. We found Points of Interest, Landmarks, and different bodies of water. Next week, we have a special presentation on the Wampanoag people, and our geography skills will help us make connections to some of the artifacts we see!
Word Work: This week, we worked with contractions and how to spell words like didn't, can't, and wouldn't. We learned about the apostrophe and the meanings of contraction words. We completed a cut-and-glue "contraction surgery" worksheet to help us memorize the different contractions.
Have a wonderful weekend!
-Ms. K