Reading: In Reading, students continued their work with retelling. We explored 3 different ways of retelling and students practiced writing retelling sticky notes on their own. All students were encouraged to choose a chapter book of their choice to read during independent reading time. Math: In Math, students reviewed telling time to the nearest 5 minutes. Students learned vocabulary such as "analog" and "digital" clocks. We challenged ourselves with a game called "I Have Who Has" that helped students practice saying, reading, and writing time. Writing: In writing, we have started our nonfiction/informational writing unit. Students explored nonfiction books and have brainstormed ideas of what they will write about for their final piece. Science: Students continued to explore the topic of Pollination and why pollinators are important. Students completed a Google slide presentation as well as a pollination poster.
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Reading: In Reading, students learned strategies for retelling chapters in a longer book. Our read aloud for the week was Frog and Toad All Year Long. Students will be getting to know these two characters throughout our Character Unit. Math: In Math, students reviewed place value and the value of coins. Students were introduced to the terms for the base ten blocks and got to explore using base ten blocks. Students also participated in an activity where they had to find two different ways of using coins to buy items. Writing: In writing, we have been busy publishing our final drafts for our writing celebrations. Students had their first writing celebration of the year where they got to share their writing with their peers and accept positive feedback. Science: Students continued to explore the topic of Pollination and why pollinators are important . Students participated in an interactive game where they got to act as the pollinators. Students also worked on a presentation in google slides on Pollination. Reading: In Reading, students reviewed how to use their schema to make predictions and connections while reading. Students also learned strategies for solving tricky words by using the context of the reading and by chunking. The read aloud for the week was "Help!" by Holly Keller. Math: In Math, students learned strategies to help them solve harder subtraction facts quickly. Students also reviewed the term "difference" and how it relates to subtraction. We finished off the week learning to problem solve a multi-step problem and students took their unit test. Writing: In writing, we have been busy working on our revising and editing skills. Students learned how to self edit and peer edit. Some students have started publishing their personal narrative to get ready for our writing celebration next week. Science: We have started a new unit in Science and this week students explored our focus question: What are pollinators and why are they important? We will continue to do more activities related to answering this question to gain a better understanding of this concept. Reading: This week student's learned about schema and how they can activate their own schema to have better understanding of what they read. Literacy centers gave students the opportunity to practice this skill and other reading strategies. Math: In Math, students reviewed their basic addition fact fluency. Students also practiced writing subtraction number stories. We talked about the frames and arrows routine as well as the in and out boxes routine. This helps students problem solve when it comes to basic addiction and subtraction. Writing: In writing students learned ways to write a better ending to their personal narrative. They also learned how to edit and revise with a partner. This is a skill we will keep developing throughout the year. Social Studies In Social Studies, we reviewed land and water forms of our town map. We also learned how to identify other landforms not found in our town map. Students were assessed on their understanding of the terms learned in class. |
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