Reading
This week we continue to look at characters in stories. We are examining how characters act in different parts of the story. What the character says and how the character acts may change over time. We will determine if characters are feeling sad, happy, angry, jealous, excited, etc. by what they say or how they are depicted through illustrations. Noticing these details will enhance comprehension and will help students make predictions about stories and characters.
Remind your students to use the strategies on their bookmarks when encountering an unknown word. Give Stretchy the Snake a break.
Writing
We are shifting gears in writing this week. We begin by determining the difference between "fact" and "opinion." After spending some time with this concept, we will transition to discovering the idea of "personal opinion." Students will practice voicing their personal opinions through an activity called, "Would You Rather?" In this activity, partners will read a card that offers two choices. Each partner will have the chance to voice his or her opinion while supporting it with at least one reason. An example might be, " Would you rather be a movie star or a rock star for a day?" This is a fun way for students to become aware that they can have an opinion, but must back it up with a reason. Later, students will be writing their opinions about which recess activity is the best.
Word Work
New words for everyone this week include:
have, jump, out, how, sink, pink, bank, tank, junk, sunk
Word patterns are: -ink, -ank, -unk. Students should be able to write many different words other than the suggested ones, from the patterns for the week. Practice the words in your journals on online through www.spellingcity.com.
Math
We are expanding our understanding of math this week as we work on math fact families. A fact family includes the addition and subtraction math numbers sentences for a given set of numbers. An example would be:
2+8=10
8+2=10
10-2=8
10-8=2
Students will be composing and decomposing numbers through 20 this week. Using fact families helps students see the relationship between addition and subtraction.
(Students should be able to add and subtract fluently through 10 at this point. This means they should be able to make all of the sums of 10 easily as well.)
Social Studies
We will wrap up our history unit with a post assessment on Monday. After that, we will begin a new unit on economics. Students will begin with a discussion of the difference between "wants" and "needs". They will learn about "goods" and "services". As we progress with this study, we will be actually creating holiday cards that we will sell to fellow students during the lunch hour. The students will eventually vote on where the proceeds will be donated. Stay tuned for ways you can help with this project.
More Information
Conferences Monday and Tuesday, November 11th,12th
Progress Reports available online Friday, November 15th
Check out the Museum of the Future Slideshow
Have a great week! Dress warmly for recess! Winter is coming!
This week we continue to look at characters in stories. We are examining how characters act in different parts of the story. What the character says and how the character acts may change over time. We will determine if characters are feeling sad, happy, angry, jealous, excited, etc. by what they say or how they are depicted through illustrations. Noticing these details will enhance comprehension and will help students make predictions about stories and characters.
Remind your students to use the strategies on their bookmarks when encountering an unknown word. Give Stretchy the Snake a break.
Writing
We are shifting gears in writing this week. We begin by determining the difference between "fact" and "opinion." After spending some time with this concept, we will transition to discovering the idea of "personal opinion." Students will practice voicing their personal opinions through an activity called, "Would You Rather?" In this activity, partners will read a card that offers two choices. Each partner will have the chance to voice his or her opinion while supporting it with at least one reason. An example might be, " Would you rather be a movie star or a rock star for a day?" This is a fun way for students to become aware that they can have an opinion, but must back it up with a reason. Later, students will be writing their opinions about which recess activity is the best.
Word Work
New words for everyone this week include:
have, jump, out, how, sink, pink, bank, tank, junk, sunk
Word patterns are: -ink, -ank, -unk. Students should be able to write many different words other than the suggested ones, from the patterns for the week. Practice the words in your journals on online through www.spellingcity.com.
Math
We are expanding our understanding of math this week as we work on math fact families. A fact family includes the addition and subtraction math numbers sentences for a given set of numbers. An example would be:
2+8=10
8+2=10
10-2=8
10-8=2
Students will be composing and decomposing numbers through 20 this week. Using fact families helps students see the relationship between addition and subtraction.
(Students should be able to add and subtract fluently through 10 at this point. This means they should be able to make all of the sums of 10 easily as well.)
Social Studies
We will wrap up our history unit with a post assessment on Monday. After that, we will begin a new unit on economics. Students will begin with a discussion of the difference between "wants" and "needs". They will learn about "goods" and "services". As we progress with this study, we will be actually creating holiday cards that we will sell to fellow students during the lunch hour. The students will eventually vote on where the proceeds will be donated. Stay tuned for ways you can help with this project.
More Information
Conferences Monday and Tuesday, November 11th,12th
Progress Reports available online Friday, November 15th
Check out the Museum of the Future Slideshow
Have a great week! Dress warmly for recess! Winter is coming!