I apologize I haven’t written to you all sooner. I think we can all agree this time of year is a busy one! I hope the family dance was fun last night. I am sorry I couldn’t be there! I caught a flight to San Diego to celebrate the wedding of a dear friend. Here is what we have been up to! Math: We are working away at our Geometry unit learning to identify a series of attributes for a variety of shapes. We have discussed polygons, quadrilaterals, parallelograms, right angles, acute angles, and obtuse angles. Students are recognizing that this is an odd unit because it has very little to do with numbers. We talked about how we are so used to learning math that deals with some number. Students created robots/aliens out of shapes, named the shapes, and described their attributes. Literacy: We started our mystery unit. The students came into the classroom one day after specials to a “crime scene”. They were very excited to figure out who could have been the suspect to commit the crime. Students identified possible suspects who could have committed the crime and then explained why. Students had the chance to look at different finger prints to try and name the type. My hope was to get them all excited about reading mystery books. So far in this unit we are working on summarizing, making inferences, and trying to solve the mystery before the crime solver in the book does. I bought tons of mystery books as well as checked out a handful. Students have been reading one after another. They have been very excited to share their books with others in class and be the first to tell me they finished their book, solved the mystery, and are on to another one. Writing: Students finished their final small moment narrative pieces! Across this entire unit students learned how to start their stories, use dialogue, have a storyteller’s voice, write paragraphs, and to end their story with a bang. We will be moving into our new writing unit after Thanksgiving Break. Science: We have started our new PYP Unit: How the World Works. Students participated in a provocation, which included a variety of stations. Students were given materials at each station in hopes that they would become inquirers. We wanted the students to keep track of their noticings and any questions they had when exploring the different materials. One station included Hot Wheels tracks and cars another included magnets. Each station included a force and motion related concept but the students were not told this. They had an absolute blast exploring. It was fun to watch the students be so engaged and excited about learning. Our first art lit of the year!!
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Sept. 14th- First Day of Online Learning
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