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So far in math this year, we've covered place value, rounding, addition and subtraction with regrouping, estimating, and time. Right now, we're working on multiplication. Last week, students traveled around to stations in the classroom and wrote multiplication stories for different sets of objects. For example: There were 4 packages of bows. Each package contained 9 bows. What was the total number of bows? During our reading block, we spent quite a bit of time learning about point of view and perspective. We started out by reading fairy tales and fractured fairy tales. Then, we moved on to read about more serious topics. We read a biography about Christopher Columbus. We also read excerpts from Christopher Columbus's own journal. Then we read a fictional story which helped us imagine what the Taino tribe who first met Columbus might have felt and thought when he arrived. Currently, we're reading one of my favorite books of all time! It's called The Stories Julian Tells. We'll be using this book and others as we learn about theme (the author's central message). In writing, we've been working on narrative techniques. We've learned about entertaining beginnings. Now we are practicing writing vivid descriptions using our five senses, specific details, and rich vocabulary. These posters were a prewriting activity to help students think of ways to SHOW feelings instead of just stating them. During social studies, we've started to learn about Native Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands and about the Pequot tribe.
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