I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break! It was nice to find some time to relax and catch up on my stack of books I have being trying to get through. Here is what we have been up to! Math: We spent time working on rounding to the nearest 10's and 100's place. Then we moved on to studying place value by solving 3-digit addition and subtraction problems. Students were put into small groups to create their own T-Shirt Company. They worked to figure out how many rolls of T-shirts (one roll had 10 T-shirts) and how many loose T-shirts they needed to run their company, It took a lot of thinking and understanding of place value to do so. Literacy: We have moved into our third unit of study: non-fiction. Students explored different non-fiction books to identify patterns found in non-fiction books. A lot of students noticed: glossary, table of contents, index, realistic photographs, headings, subheadings, etc. Students learned that when choosing a non-fiction book, they can "Rev Up Their Mind" by looking at the text features (headings, subheadings, photographs, etc.) This helps readers get an idea of what they will be reading about before they get started. Writing: Students finished their personal narrative published pieces. We will begin with informational writing pieces. Science: We are working on our PYP Unit: How The World Works. Our central idea is "patterns make predictions". Students identified patterns in push and pull forces and explored these forces by building a "Hopper Popper." I am sure you saw it come home! Students created their Hopper Popper and tested out how much force they needed to use to make their "Hopper Popper" go as high as possible. Odds & Ends: I wanted to share something that was so heart warming on Friday. On Thursday I overheard a few students telling each other to bring their stuffed animals to school on Friday. I was trying to figure out where they got this idea and what were they doing with them. On Friday our class was walking down the wall and it was a parade of students and stuffed animals. I was still wondering what they were doing haha! They walked into the classroom and they placed all their stuffed animals up on the shelf where items belong if you are bringing them for Exploration Friday. It finally dawned on me that they had all planned to bring their stuffed animals to use during Exploration Friday. When that time came around, students set up their "animal daycare" and played so kindly in a group. It melted my heart! I absolutely love this group of kiddos and their kind hearts. :) While some students played with their stuffed animals, other students worked on a winter crossword puzzle. :) Some took it home, too! I had other students ask for other fun winter activities. You can grab more winter activities off of education. com! There are a lot of fun arts and crafts for the holidays too! Click here to see them. Here is a "winter" specific page resource link as well. There are a variety of fun activities students can choose from.
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We have been busy in the classroom! Lots of learning is taking place! We have had the opportunity to spend each Wednesday with our Kindergarten buddies. The third graders are helping Kindergartners read their books. I love watching our class help others! They also had the chance to help their buddy with a Halloween art project. It was lots of fun! Math: We started our second unit off with rounding to the nearest 10 and 100. Students brainstormed how rounding is used in the real world and why it is a good skill to have! We came up with a list of ideas: grocery store, driving, money, and the list goes on! Reading: Our mystery unit is coming to an end. We will get to celebrate all the mystery books and skills we learned next week! I am excited for what is in store. I know the students will love it! They have done a great job reading mystery books to identify the mystery, the crime solver, the suspects, and paying attention to clues! Writing: We are about to publish our narratives!! The students have been working on these and are ready to put the final piece together! I can't wait to see the final outcome of them. They are terrific authors filled with creative ideas! Science: We finished our "Who We Are" unit and have started our "How the World Works" unit. This unit is an inquiry into force and motion. We kicked off the unit by exploring a handful of different stations, all which included some sort of force/motion (however the students did not know this). The students were inquirers. As they were exploring each station, they had to write down what they noticed. WOW! Some of their responses and ideas were OUT OF THIS WORLD. So brilliant! Social and Emotional Learning:
We have started our third Social and Emotional Learning Unit. Please look for the parent letter that should be coming home this week. This unit is all about communication, a very important skill that teachers are noticing lacking across the school. We feel fortunate to be able to practice the skill in our classroom. It would be great for it to be continued into your home as well. Students will be bringing home some tips that you can use at home. I hope everyone had a TERRIFIC weekend! The weather has been beautiful! |
Sept. 14th- First Day of Online Learning
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