During math, we've been working on multiplication. This will be a concept that we'll be staying with for awhile.
Happy Thanksgiving! I'd like to just say that you are truly appreciated. Thank you for all of your support at home. In reading this week, we've been reading nonfiction text about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving. The children thought of three items they would bring if they were traveling on the Mayflower. They needed to think about what would really be needed and what would have to be left behind. The students also squished into a taped-off section of carpet and read about the voyage on the Mayflower. They then took notes about the hardships faced by the Pilgrims during their cramped, damp, cold, stinky voyage! If you want to explore some excellent resources about the first Thanksgiving, you can go to the Scholastic website. Just click here to visit the site. The children have finished writing their expository pieces about turkeys. They've been busy completing their final copies. Next, we'll be doing some work on writing explanatory pieces that involve sequencing. We'll be learning to write very specifically and to use transition words.
During math, we've been working on multiplication. This will be a concept that we'll be staying with for awhile.
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During reading, we've been learning that stories can be told from more than one point of view. We started with some texts that were familiar and fun. First, the students read a traditional version of The Three Little Pigs and then The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka. Then, we got a bit more serious. The children read a biography of Christopher Columbus. That was followed by Encounter by Jane Yolen, which is a fictional text telling the Columbus story from a Taino child's point of view. Next on our reading list was a traditional version of Jack and the Beanstalk. We compared and contrasted that story with Trust Me, Jack's Beanstalk Stinks! by Eric Braun. We've also continued to practice reading multisyllabic words. As part of our practice, we're learning about common prefixes. We used specific details to write crown descriptions during writing class. Then,we began to do some research about turkeys. The students read a nonfiction article and listened to an MP3 with additional turkey facts. If you would like to listen to it, click on the link below!
Jim Arnosky's "I'm a Turkey!" The children will be turning their notes into an expository/informative piece about turkeys. We wrote an introductory paragraph together. Next, the children will begin the body of their pieces. Each piece will have a paragraph about the appearance of turkeys, a paragraph about what turkeys eat, and a paragraph with surprising facts. We'll work together as a class to write a concluding paragraph. In math, we've just finished up a unit on addition and subtraction with regrouping. We'll be starting our multiplication unit next. |
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