IT’S FRIDAY!!!!
1ST GRADE LA
Coat of
Connections: This was a fun week for the
students. We put together our coat of connections, and will be ready to share
with our friends what all of our patches represent on Monday!! I love taking
this time to get to know my students!
1ST GRADE MA
This week we
started on our math lessons!! We were introduced to “Imi” and “Zani”, two
characters that are going to be with us through this journey of
measurement!! On Wednesday, we receive a
package in the “mail” filled with measuring items we will be using this year.
We also received Speaker and Listener Scrolls. These scrolls will help the
students become ACTIVE listeners as well as TEACHING speakers.
2ND Grade LA
Writing time has
come! On Monday the students sharpened
their pencils and wrote about the Generalizations of Connections. They told me
why one of the the generalizations were true and gave some examples of them.
They also were
introduced to the poem, ‘Eldorado’ by Edgar Allen Poe. We read this poem together as a class and
then the student’s journaled what they thought the poem was saying. Next, we
broke into partners, they reread and highlighted words and phrases they thought
were important. Next week we will dig in
a little deeper by breaking down the poem with a ‘Reading Analyzer’. A Reading
Analyzer will help the students understand the poem better by breaking down key
words, feelings, description/images, ideas, and structure. After analyzing
‘Eldorado’ my awesome 3rd graders will re-journal to see how much
better their understanding of the poem becomes.
2ND GRADE MA
2nd
Grade math were introduced to Dru and Teller, the meerkat “Detective Duo”, that
will accompany us along our math adventure this year. Like 1st
grade, they also were introduced to the Speaker and Listener Scrolls that will
teach them to be ACTIVE listeners and TEACHING speakers. These are great skills
to learn now and carry on for a lifetime.
We also worked on
a “Think Deeply” problem. You will hear of these throughout the year. Think
Deeply questions are the heart and soul of the lessons and are intended to have
the students think deeply about the concepts covered. This is also when a lot
of dialogue will come out in the students using their ACTIVE listener and
TEACHING speaker rolls.
3RD GRADE LA
Like in 2nd
grade, 3rd grade had to get their writing on. They were instructed
to write a paragraph arguing that one of the five Generalizations of Change was
true and list 3 reasons to support the topic statement. This was tricky for
some, but we will go over it in class to make sure we all understand.
3RD GRADE MA
This week we
started our math series!!!! Measuring,
measuring, and more measuring……these students are going to measure any and
everything they see by the end of this year. We started measuring the classroom
on Thursday and will continue the lesson next Wednesday. We also went over
RIGHTS and OBLIGATIONS. These are the guidelines to help the students become
ACTIVE listeners and TEACHING speakers.
4TH GRADE LA
Interview
time! Everyone did a great job turning
in their interviews. Once they were turned in, students wrote a multiple
paragraph composition to summarize the change of the person they interviewed.
We have some AMAZING writers in here!!!!!!
4TH GRADE MA
HUNT FOR
SHAPES! Hello geometry and measurement!! This will be our year in High Ability 4th
grade math. Like 3rd grade, we started off talking about the importance
of our RIGHTS and OBLIGATIONS, the process of becoming ACTIVE listeners and
TEACHING speakers. Then the fun started, hunting for shapes. The students were
given a worksheet filled with shapes names (cube, cylinder, sphere..) and went
around the room to find them in real life objects. It’s always a fun day when
you can learn out of your seat. This was a great exercise to refresh our minds
of what some of these shapes looked like.
