Week of December 5th

 

Greetings Bailly Families!! We have completed another fun week in HA. Please read on to see what your kiddos have been up to:)

ELA

First graders began working on word ladders this week. I explained that only one letter can be changed per step and that you can only change a letter once. We started with one step ladders. Students caught on to this pretty quickly. Next, we moved on to the two step ladders. Students were given small cut out letters so that they could manipulate them and experiment with different letters in different places. The two step puzzles proved to be a bit trickier, but they did an awesome job of

transforming one word into another!   

MATH

What a fun week in math! We began the lesson by examining large shapes that I had made on the floor. We talked about attributes of each shape and the difference between a vertex and an angle. 

Next, each student made a protractor with straws and a pipe cleaner. We grabbed clipboards, paper, and pencils and ventured around the school on an angle hunt. Students used their protractors to locate and measure different angles. They made tally marks on their papers identifying the number of acute, obtuse, and right angles they located. The right angles were most abundant on our search, but students did a fantastic job of finding examples of acute and obtuse angles as well. 

ELA

They did it!! Second grade has officially completed their first novel. On Tuesday we began watching The Tale of Despereaux to compare and contrast the movie and book. Students have already noticed many differences between the two and we are only 30 minutes in to the movie! We will continue this next week:)

MATH

Second grade had an in-depth discussion about 2-D shapes. We discussed the differences between 2-D and 3-D shapes and attributes that comprise 2-D shapes. Students also generated a list of as many 2-D shapes they could think of. Next, students worked in pairs to build assigned 2-D shapes with straws and pipe cleaners. We will expand on this lesson next week. 

ELA

Third graders had a Tall Tale grammar week! They used different color highlighters to identify nouns, pronouns, and action verbs in a paragraph from Johnny Appleseed. Next, we discussed prepositions and went back through the paragraph to identify them. We also did a scoot around the room to reinforce what we learned about prepositions. 

MATH

Third graders were tasked with finding missing numbers on sections of a 700's chart. Students were challenged to use the patterns they noticed to find the missing number instead of using the actual chart to look for answers. After answering them on their own, they checked their answers against the 700 chart and then we went over them together. They did a great job of recognizing the patterns on their own and explaining how they filled in the missing numbers!

ELA

Fourth grade researchers continued working on their biography project this week. They are making a lot of progress on their information packets. We will start putting the pieces together soon to create a slideshow and timeline. 

MATH

This week in math we worked on a logic

puzzle. These puzzles really get students brains working! They require students to use multiple steps to solve problems and are a nice change of pace from just being able to look at a problem and quickly solve it. 

-Mrs. Marquardt