Fall is in the air Friday!
1st Grade LA
Ig-pay Atin-lay: We are continuing our work on Pig Latin!
This is a fun time in class. On Monday we finished a translation worksheet. The
students translated Pig Latin words into English and an English sentence into
Pig Latin. First grade is number one! Irst-Fay ade-gray is-way umber-nay
one-way! On Tuesday, we listened to a song, Lead Belly’s Pig Latin Song. We
then translated the English version into Pig Latin as a class. Next Monday, we
are going to try to sing it together like the video. IF my tech savviness is around, I will record it and post it on
next week’s blog.
1st Grade MA
Math Writers: These kids were AMAZING this week!! I
emailed the all their teachers and let them know how outstanding they were.
They were all great at participating and in high spirits, absolute ROCK STARS!!
They are always a great class, but this week, amazing! On Monday, we reviewed
our vocabulary words from the lesson and worked on some Think Beyond cards. The
Think Beyond cards are brain teasers that test our knowledge from the lesson.
Of course, they did great! Tuesday, we worked on our math writing. Our Think
Deeply page is what we do at the end of every lesson. This worksheet helps the
kids write in words what they have learned. We talked about the importance of
writing in math. When mathematicians write, they need to convince other
mathematicians that their solutions to a problem are mathematically valid.
2nd Grade LA
EDWARD
TULANE:
This week was a little off because of poetry café. I was only able to
sit in for a few minutes but Mrs. Roles’ class did amazing!! Great job poets!
We love Edward Tulane! The participation from
everyone is outstanding! This helps the class move smoothly and is more enjoyable
for everyone. As we continue with the story, Edwards starts to “feel” real
emotions. We are filling out a worksheet that helps us track his feelings, and
what has caused them. We are also completing a settings worksheet. By following
the different settings, we are able to “map” Edward’s journey on paper. Since I
will not see second grade LA until AFTER Thanksgiving, we decided to keep the
books in class. This way none of the books get lost over the long break. When we
return, we will review where we left off, and reread a little in class to jog
our memories.
2nd Grade MA
EGGCITING:
Car seats, circumference, and centimeters…… With this unit we will be configuring
how to design a car seat for an egg passenger. We looked over a car seat rating
report. The report showed us prices, crash protections test scores, ease of car
seat rating, and fit to vehicle rating. We then did some computations when comparing
car seats. I also learned a new way to
subtract ;) . Tuesday, we went over the definition of circumference. We started
measuring the length and width of a plastic egg in class. We are estimating
first, then using different centimeter measuring tools to measure. The purpose
is to decide what tool is most appropriate for measuring an accurate circumference.
3rd Grade LA
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE: This week we finished reading two stories.
Half the class read “Billy Beg and His Bull” while the other half read “Hans
and the Four Big Giants”. The group
needed to tell us about their story and any exaggerations they found in it. We
were looking at exaggerations because that is a large component of tall tales.
However, while these stories had plenty of exaggerations, they also had traits of
myths and legends. The stories did NOT qualify for any of the genres we have
studied!! They were only fiction stories…..tricked them!!
3rd Grade MA
OUR YETI HAS HANDS!!: It took us TWO days but we did it!!! As you
can see by the picture, one group had a mitten hand while the other group had
the more challenging “high five” hand. The second day, we worked on the “high
five” hand as a class. We strategized how to double the size. We ended up
drawing a perimeter around the hand and plotted points based our measurements. This
helped us because our struggle was drawing angles and trying to use them to
calculate the Yeti’s hand. We do not have the instrument to measure angles,
therefore the measurement were not working.
4th Grade LA
BIOGRAPHY PROJECT: As of now, your child should have their “Change
Maker” selected and shared with you. All the students but one, who was absent, have
given me a name. Their job now, is to collect the biographies and other
resources on their chosen individual. These are DUE NOVEMBER 21st!!
The students have access to ALL the due dates associated with this project on
their Google Drive account. Over the long weekend I would HIGHLY suggest
students read about their individual. I will be giving class time to work on
the different steps, but NOT time for reading. I will be sending home the
Change Maker Instructions you signed with due date. I would suggest keeping
this to help you track the project. PLEASE contact me with any questions!!!!
4th Grade MA
CARDS, GAMES, AND SOME CRAZY COMPETITIVE 4TH
GRADERS: Last class until after Thanksgiving break, had to make it a fun time. We
found the class winner of our Triple Play game, a girls’ team with Bella, Emma,
and Becca, GREAT JOB girls!!! We also
played an out of the box thinking game called Set; there was a lot of competition
going on. Thursday, we reviewed our vocabulary from this lesson and made a game
from our Think Beyond cards. Our Think Beyond cards test our knowledge from the
lesson. I had the students in two groups, read them the card and had everyone
answer the question. Each correct answer received a point, if there needed to
be a clarification, it was an extra point. This was a great review for our
Think Deeply we will do after Thanksgiving break.
