We had a great week back after the Thanksgiving holiday!
In reading, we finished our mystery unit. Students enjoyed finishing their books and having Book Talks, where students lead a thoughtful discussion about the text (without help from the teacher!). The groups did a wonderful job of incorporating mystery vocabulary, referring to evidence from the text, and building on one another's ideas.
Also, in snack we are reading Matilda by Roald Dahl while students are eating. We just finished the chapter when Matilda super glues her dad’s hat to his head (eek!).
Next week, we will start our nonfiction unit.
In math, we started our measuring unit. We measured the classroom, how far we can jump, how big our foot is, and how far we can blow a pattern block. We also used pearsonrealize.com. We used our measurement data to make line plots and make observations about the graphs.
In writing, we continued working on our personal narratives. We did more brainstorming and learned about showing emotion in our writing. We continued writing about people, places, and events that are important to us, and finding a "seed" idea that we have a lot to say about.
We also learned about our second core value: ASSERTION. We learned about how people can respond to conflicts as a MOUSE (passive), MONSTER (aggressive), or ME (assertive). Being assertive means standing up for yourself and others in a respectful way. One way to be assertive is to use "I" messages: I feel ___ when you ___ because ___. I want you to ___. Another assertive strategy is to walk away if you are frustrated, and then later use an "I" message when you can use a respectful tone. Students did a great job and seem to understand the importance of being assertive.
Check out your student's Friday Journal for more details about our week!
Best,
Ms. K (with help from Oden and Sinead)