We continued to work on story elements this week. We identified the characters, setting, problem, solution and major events in stories. We identified story elements as we listened to The Hallo-wiener and Piggie Pie. We also identified story elements in books that we read to ourselves.
In Writers' Workshop we added details to our small moment stories. We added outside details (setting and characters), sensory details (what we hear, see, smell, etc.) and inner details (how we feel, what we think, etc.). These details make our stories more interesting for our readers. We will continue to work on adding details next week!
In Math, we focused on strategies to add numbers. We practiced the doubles strategy and near doubles strategy. We also practiced making a ten to add two numbers together.
In Social Studies, we continued to work on American symbols. We researched an American symbol of our choice on Pebble Go and took notes on our symbol. We will use this information next week as we make Google Slides to teach our classmates about our symbols.
Make sure to check out the information about the Library's pumpkin contest! https://www.smore.com/bwzmq
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Fantastic Week!
We have had such a busy week this week! Everyone looked lovely for our school pictures!
In Reading, we focused on story elements. We identified the characters, setting, problem, and solution in many different books. We know that story elements are found in our fiction books.
We used a new site for Listen to Reading, Raz-Kids. This site allows us to listen to stories at our reading level and then answer comprehension questions about those stories. Students will bring home thier log-in information on Monday.
In Writing, we continued to focus on writing small moment stories. We are focusing on using transition words to help structure our writing. We are also focusing on using capitals and punctuation marks in our writing.
We also added comments to our classmates' blog posts. We know that our comments can be used to compliment the author, ask a question or add information to the post. We discussed how to interact positvely with others online.
We finished our unit on ten in math. We showed all different ways to make ten and played a a great game to hep us memorize our tens facts called Turn Over Ten.
We wrapped up our unit on Light and Sound this week. We created communication devices with a partner to allow people to communicate easily with one another. We had kids made string telephones, megaphones, and a "Bat-Signal" to help us communicate across a distance.
We are now beginning our unit on American Symbols. We learned what a symbol is and how they are used. We learned about the American flag. We will continue to lean about American symbols next week.
In Reading, we focused on story elements. We identified the characters, setting, problem, and solution in many different books. We know that story elements are found in our fiction books.
We used a new site for Listen to Reading, Raz-Kids. This site allows us to listen to stories at our reading level and then answer comprehension questions about those stories. Students will bring home thier log-in information on Monday.
In Writing, we continued to focus on writing small moment stories. We are focusing on using transition words to help structure our writing. We are also focusing on using capitals and punctuation marks in our writing.
We also added comments to our classmates' blog posts. We know that our comments can be used to compliment the author, ask a question or add information to the post. We discussed how to interact positvely with others online.
We finished our unit on ten in math. We showed all different ways to make ten and played a a great game to hep us memorize our tens facts called Turn Over Ten.
We wrapped up our unit on Light and Sound this week. We created communication devices with a partner to allow people to communicate easily with one another. We had kids made string telephones, megaphones, and a "Bat-Signal" to help us communicate across a distance.
We are now beginning our unit on American Symbols. We learned what a symbol is and how they are used. We learned about the American flag. We will continue to lean about American symbols next week.
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