We had a great week and it felt wonderful to be back! Thanks again for all of your kind words and encouragement. Learning about the different features of nonfiction gives me the opportunity to share lots of fun informational books with the class showing them that nonfiction is fun. Ask your child about the Ice Man! Also see if they can explain to you how captions, close ups, maps, italics, diagrams, tables, graphs, and cutaways help them understand what they are reading in nonfiction. On Thursday we had fun using the IPad cart to review the different features. Each student had an IPad and using the nonfiction books in their book buckets they took pictures of at least 4 different types of features. Then they loaded them into the app PicWall and labeled them. After everyone finished we used our Apple TV and Flick, so that each student could "flick" their project to the activboard to share with the class. Thanks for all of the successful fund raisers that enable us to have such awesome technology to use.
REMINDERS: - Even as the season gets busy please make sure your child READS 5 nights a week at least 20 min. a night AND then sign his/her planner. Thanks! -Each child should be practicing the read aloud for the Dec. book report. Your child's sheet had his/her individual due date at the bottom. - This Thurs., Dec. 8 from 8:15-11 is another STEM visit day and you are invited to come watch STEM in action. A sign up genius link was sent our last week if you are interested. THIS WEEK: Reading - We will continue to study nonfiction features and have fun reading more informational books. Writing - Now that we've studied and practiced how to write an interesting paragraph writer's workshop is focusing on writing a 3-5 paragraph report. As a class and with partners students are writing a report about Paul Revere. I've modeled and they've practiced writing the 2 most important facts from a chapter, putting them into a graphic organizer, and then turning them into interesting sentences. This week we'll focus on transition words and the conclusion. Social Studies -Paul Revere is making a special appearance and Frederick Douglas will be introduced. Science/STEM - During our STEM day students will create earth dwellings that can stand up to water and wind erosion. I'll try to remember to take some pictures to post! Math - As you've noticed with the homework students are learning how to examine word problems and solve them. This week we'll continue doing that, practice the 6s table, and work with missing variables. Hope you have a great week!
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