Practice Subtraction: You must complete 6 problems.
First change the columns to 3 then click new problem until you have a problem that is 3 numbers on the top and the bottom
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
When you have completed 6 problems click back to get back to this page.
Next - Practice your typing:Get out your sheet and record the date next to Level 1 stage 1Begin practicing - KEEP YOUR FINGERS ON THE HOME ROW!!!http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Week of 9/22/08
WOW! What a week!
Thanks to all of you who attended conferences this week. It was great seeing you all and being able to discuss your child's progress with you.
Here is a recap of our week;
Morning Read and Write:
Read 4 Today: This week we learned about the suffix "less" We learned that it means without. We also worked on using context clues to help us understand vocabulary in a passage, identifying the setting and problem in a passage, and the long "i" sound of igh! We also learned about quotation marks and when to use them!
Write 4 Today:
Write 4 Today concentrated words that are capitalized in an address. We studied many addresses and identified what needed to be capitalized in each one. We also learned about past-tense verbs. We used the correct past-tense verb in sentences. An example of this would be; One green frog ____ (saw, see, seen) the big bugs on the other side.
Reading and Social Studies: We continued our study of Explorers. We read a recipe for hard tack and learned what it was. We also completed activities that we had begun the week before with the other explorers.
Math: We completed chapter 2 this week and took the chapter assessment today. The class did well as a whole. Students were asked to complete the addition and subtraction problems on this test using the partial-sums and trade first algorithms. It is necessary for them to become proficient at these algorithms in order to understand future ones. From now on, unless the directions state that a specific algorithm must be used, they can choose a method that they like best to solve the problems. If you are still a little confused about these algorithms, visit these video presentations to help you out!
Partial-sums algorithm
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/alternat_algor.htm
Trade-first algorithm
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/alternat_algor.htm
There was an open response question on this test like the one that was on chapter 1 assessment. Here it is if you would like to try it out as a family!
A Brithday Dinner!
Mr. Brown is cooking an 18-pound turkey for Keron's birthday dinner.
The turkey must bake about 15 minutes for every pound.
For how long does the turkey need to bake? ____hours and _____minutes.
At what time should the turkey go into the oven for dinner to be ready at 5:00 pm?
We will begin chapter 3 on Monday.
The week was short due to conferences, but we still got a lot done! Have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday.
Thanks to all of you who attended conferences this week. It was great seeing you all and being able to discuss your child's progress with you.
Here is a recap of our week;
Morning Read and Write:
Read 4 Today: This week we learned about the suffix "less" We learned that it means without. We also worked on using context clues to help us understand vocabulary in a passage, identifying the setting and problem in a passage, and the long "i" sound of igh! We also learned about quotation marks and when to use them!
Write 4 Today:
Write 4 Today concentrated words that are capitalized in an address. We studied many addresses and identified what needed to be capitalized in each one. We also learned about past-tense verbs. We used the correct past-tense verb in sentences. An example of this would be; One green frog ____ (saw, see, seen) the big bugs on the other side.
Reading and Social Studies: We continued our study of Explorers. We read a recipe for hard tack and learned what it was. We also completed activities that we had begun the week before with the other explorers.
Math: We completed chapter 2 this week and took the chapter assessment today. The class did well as a whole. Students were asked to complete the addition and subtraction problems on this test using the partial-sums and trade first algorithms. It is necessary for them to become proficient at these algorithms in order to understand future ones. From now on, unless the directions state that a specific algorithm must be used, they can choose a method that they like best to solve the problems. If you are still a little confused about these algorithms, visit these video presentations to help you out!
Partial-sums algorithm
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/alternat_algor.htm
Trade-first algorithm
http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/alternat_algor.htm
There was an open response question on this test like the one that was on chapter 1 assessment. Here it is if you would like to try it out as a family!
A Brithday Dinner!
Mr. Brown is cooking an 18-pound turkey for Keron's birthday dinner.
The turkey must bake about 15 minutes for every pound.
For how long does the turkey need to bake? ____hours and _____minutes.
At what time should the turkey go into the oven for dinner to be ready at 5:00 pm?
We will begin chapter 3 on Monday.
The week was short due to conferences, but we still got a lot done! Have a great weekend and I will see you on Monday.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Computer Lab 9/23/08
Today we are going to do a few things.
1st - Please visit
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
at the bottom click the down arrow by the word 'columns' until it says the number 3
then click 'New Problem' until you see a subtration problem that is 3 numbers long on the top and the bottom.
-Copy the problem on the 1/2 sheet I gave you.
-Complete the problem on your 1/2 sheet and on the computer
You must complete 4 problems before continuing.
2nd - Visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
You have a worksheet to help you through this site.
It will help you with your typing skills.
Be sure to write todays date (9-23) next to each stage you finish before you go on to the next one.
You need to finish level 1 stage 1 today!
3rd - Comment on the blog.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following into the comments section and fill in the blanks.
On Dance Mat Typing I got toLevel: __________Stage: __________
My score was: __________
List 3 things you have learned about during our study of explorers.
1.
2.
3.
1st - Please visit
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_2_t_1.html
at the bottom click the down arrow by the word 'columns' until it says the number 3
then click 'New Problem' until you see a subtration problem that is 3 numbers long on the top and the bottom.
-Copy the problem on the 1/2 sheet I gave you.
-Complete the problem on your 1/2 sheet and on the computer
You must complete 4 problems before continuing.
2nd - Visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
You have a worksheet to help you through this site.
It will help you with your typing skills.
Be sure to write todays date (9-23) next to each stage you finish before you go on to the next one.
You need to finish level 1 stage 1 today!
3rd - Comment on the blog.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following into the comments section and fill in the blanks.
On Dance Mat Typing I got toLevel: __________Stage: __________
My score was: __________
List 3 things you have learned about during our study of explorers.
1.
2.
3.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Week of 9/15/08
This has been an awesome, but crazy week!
I am looking forward to seeing all of you next week at conferences (parents and kids!). If you don't remember your day or time please drop me an email.
Here is what we did this week...
Quick read : This week we read about Ice Fishing. We learned what ice fishing was and how they do it. It was fun to learn about something that most of us have never done before!
Writing: This week everyone made a spider map about what a teacher does. The students wrote a rough draft, edited their papers and wrote final copies. I am looking forward to reading them this weekend. We began writing a letter to Christopher Columbus and we learned all about the parts to a letter.
Want to write a letter online? Visit readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ . It will walk you through all the parts of a letter.
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. Visit www.spellingcity.com to type in your words and practice.
Reading and Social Studies: We have jumped right into learning about explorers. Monday we read about Christopher Columbus. We learned about where he landed .and where he thought he was. We also learned what he called the people that lived there and why! Then on Wednesday we read about Vasco De Gama. He was trying to reach the same place as Columbus but he tried a different way. On Thursday we read about John Cabot. AGAIN, he was trying to get to the same place as Columbus and De Gama but he tried a 3rd way. All of these men where trying to reach the same place. WE had a lot of fun learning about these three explorers. The students did a great job! Want to learn about more about explorers?
Visit f.factmonster.com/biography/explorers.html
Math: This week was not an easy week of math but I KNOW that everyone is getting better at partial sums addition. We looked at rule boxes and reviewed fact triangles on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday we read different story problems and tried to organize our information into part-part-total boxes. Then on Thursday we learned about partial sums addition. It is a little different the the "Old Fashion Carrying" addition but it really helps kids understand why they are carrying numbers. On Friday we spent over an hour practicing the partial sums addition. I think the kids are really getting it.
Need some help with partial sums algorithm?Visit http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/powerpoints/partial_sums.pps#256,1,Partial Sums . This power point will walk you through the whole process.
Grades have been updated online and student work will be given out at conferences. See you all on Monday and have a great rest of the weekend!
I am looking forward to seeing all of you next week at conferences (parents and kids!). If you don't remember your day or time please drop me an email.
Here is what we did this week...
Quick read : This week we read about Ice Fishing. We learned what ice fishing was and how they do it. It was fun to learn about something that most of us have never done before!
Writing: This week everyone made a spider map about what a teacher does. The students wrote a rough draft, edited their papers and wrote final copies. I am looking forward to reading them this weekend. We began writing a letter to Christopher Columbus and we learned all about the parts to a letter.
Want to write a letter online? Visit readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/ . It will walk you through all the parts of a letter.
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. Visit www.spellingcity.com to type in your words and practice.
Reading and Social Studies: We have jumped right into learning about explorers. Monday we read about Christopher Columbus. We learned about where he landed .and where he thought he was. We also learned what he called the people that lived there and why! Then on Wednesday we read about Vasco De Gama. He was trying to reach the same place as Columbus but he tried a different way. On Thursday we read about John Cabot. AGAIN, he was trying to get to the same place as Columbus and De Gama but he tried a 3rd way. All of these men where trying to reach the same place. WE had a lot of fun learning about these three explorers. The students did a great job! Want to learn about more about explorers?
Visit f.factmonster.com/biography/explorers.html
Math: This week was not an easy week of math but I KNOW that everyone is getting better at partial sums addition. We looked at rule boxes and reviewed fact triangles on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday we read different story problems and tried to organize our information into part-part-total boxes. Then on Thursday we learned about partial sums addition. It is a little different the the "Old Fashion Carrying" addition but it really helps kids understand why they are carrying numbers. On Friday we spent over an hour practicing the partial sums addition. I think the kids are really getting it.
Need some help with partial sums algorithm?Visit http://www.swsd.k12.pa.us/baresvle/MathMaterials/powerpoints/partial_sums.pps#256,1,Partial Sums . This power point will walk you through the whole process.
Grades have been updated online and student work will be given out at conferences. See you all on Monday and have a great rest of the weekend!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Computer Lab 9/16/08
The Internet can be a wonderful place for kids. We can use it to research school reports, talk with teachers and other kids, and play games.
Any child who is old enough to punch in a few letters on the keyboard can access the world. That is why Internet safety is very important. We need to know that there are some important rules or dos and don'ts that must be followed to keep us safe online.
First let's watch this video
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/assets/videos/?vid=fauxpaw_video
Next, let's watch and read this fun comic
http://disney.go.com/webtoons/badapple/index.html
Now work through this activity to answer questions about online safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html
When you have finished come back to this blog and comment on it by answering the questions.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following information into a comment and fill in the blanks.
List 4 things you should NOT do when you are on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
List 3 things you CAN do on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
Any child who is old enough to punch in a few letters on the keyboard can access the world. That is why Internet safety is very important. We need to know that there are some important rules or dos and don'ts that must be followed to keep us safe online.
First let's watch this video
http://www.ikeepsafe.org/assets/videos/?vid=fauxpaw_video
Next, let's watch and read this fun comic
http://disney.go.com/webtoons/badapple/index.html
Now work through this activity to answer questions about online safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell/index2.html
When you have finished come back to this blog and comment on it by answering the questions.
Copy (ctrl c) and paste (ctrl v) the following information into a comment and fill in the blanks.
List 4 things you should NOT do when you are on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
4.
List 3 things you CAN do on the Internet.
1.
2.
3.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Class News for the week of 9/8/08
We had another great week! This quarter is going by so quickly, I can hardly believe that we are beginning our second unit! On Thursday, we began our unit in Explorers. We will be studying different explorers that impacted the world until fall break!
Here is how our week went:
Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today: Our Read 4 Today was about ghost towns. We learned new vocabulary that went along with the passage. We also learned that ghost towns are in the present, but we can learn about the past when we visit or study them! Write 4 Today focused on how to capitalize the title of books and songs. We also looked at verbs and helping verbs as well as commas in a series. We also reviewed the homophones your and you're.
Spelling: We will have our spelling test on Wednesday! Keep practicing your words. Don't forget to visit Spelling City. The link is on the left of this blog!
Reading: In reading, we finished up our desert unit with a fun Reader's Theater about a coyote who learned a lesson the hard way! We also read another story about a sneaky desert animal.
Writing: In writing we wrote the ending to a story that we read in reading. The students read The Rattle Snake and the Mouse and wrote their own original ending.
Math: We started chapter 2 in math. We reviewed fact triangles and fact families. We are working on mastering our basic facts and using those facts to help us with harder problems. For example: we know 3+5=8 then we can do 3+25..... by adding 20 more to our original answer. This concept really helps when we begin to try and do mental math or math in our heads.
Unit Study: We finished up our desert unit with creating a fun book called A Walk in the Desert. The students were able to write what they knew and liked about the desert as well as illustrate them. We also began our Explorers unit. We set up scrapbook that the students will be making over the next 4 weeks and saw all of the cool explorers that we will be learning about!
Explorers will encompass all of reading, writing, and unit study for the next four weeks! It is guaranteed to be an exciting unit!
Kids, please leave a comment on the blog and be sure to answer the questions with your parents. I know that they love hearing about what we did in class!
Parents, you are welcome to comment as well!
Have a great rest of the weekend and I will see you in the morning!
Here is how our week went:
Read 4 Today and Write 4 Today: Our Read 4 Today was about ghost towns. We learned new vocabulary that went along with the passage. We also learned that ghost towns are in the present, but we can learn about the past when we visit or study them! Write 4 Today focused on how to capitalize the title of books and songs. We also looked at verbs and helping verbs as well as commas in a series. We also reviewed the homophones your and you're.
Spelling: We will have our spelling test on Wednesday! Keep practicing your words. Don't forget to visit Spelling City. The link is on the left of this blog!
Reading: In reading, we finished up our desert unit with a fun Reader's Theater about a coyote who learned a lesson the hard way! We also read another story about a sneaky desert animal.
Writing: In writing we wrote the ending to a story that we read in reading. The students read The Rattle Snake and the Mouse and wrote their own original ending.
Math: We started chapter 2 in math. We reviewed fact triangles and fact families. We are working on mastering our basic facts and using those facts to help us with harder problems. For example: we know 3+5=8 then we can do 3+25..... by adding 20 more to our original answer. This concept really helps when we begin to try and do mental math or math in our heads.
Unit Study: We finished up our desert unit with creating a fun book called A Walk in the Desert. The students were able to write what they knew and liked about the desert as well as illustrate them. We also began our Explorers unit. We set up scrapbook that the students will be making over the next 4 weeks and saw all of the cool explorers that we will be learning about!
Explorers will encompass all of reading, writing, and unit study for the next four weeks! It is guaranteed to be an exciting unit!
Kids, please leave a comment on the blog and be sure to answer the questions with your parents. I know that they love hearing about what we did in class!
Parents, you are welcome to comment as well!
Have a great rest of the weekend and I will see you in the morning!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Class News for the week of 9/2/08
Even tho it was a short week, we were still able to fit in lots of fun and learning!
Read and Write 4 Today: Throughout the week, we read Cherry Blossom festival. It was interesting to learn about celebrations in other countries. On Friday, we read about the Midsummer Magic Festival in Norway. The students took a reading test that assessed their comprehension of the passage. They did very well! I am impressed! We also wrote a paragraph about our favorite food. The students planned their writing, did a pre-write, and edited their writing throughout the week. On Friday, they wrote their final draft. They were expected to have a topic sentence, 4-6 supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence. This was easy for most of the class because we have been working super hard on it for a couple of weeks!
Writing: On Tuesday we wrote a bio poem. The students used prompts to write a poem about themselves. We are going to edit them and then they will type them in the computer lab. I am planning on displaying them in the classroom!
Reading: We read The Mighty Saguaro all week. Students learned new vocabulary. They even learned new information about the desert! They were surprised that there was anything that they didn't already know! They also answered comprehension questions about each chapter. We worked real hard on writing in COMPLETE SENTENCES that included a capital letter at the beginning, punctuation at the end, and part of the question! We are getting better at this!
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. The test will be on Wednesday Sept. 10th. Every student in the class has their own list. The list consists of any words they missed on last week's test, words they missed from the pretest of words they need to know by the end of third grade, and words that I have taken out of their writing that they have misspelled. It is important that the word lists are not removed from the planners. I do not keep a copy at school. Feel free to make yourself a copy for home if you would like! Don't forget to visit Spelling City. The link is on the right side of our blog page. Type your spelling words into this site and play games with them!
Math: We finished chapter 1 this week and the students took a the end of the chapter assessment on Friday. Everyone did awesome! They also were given a self reflection to complete AND... they were asked to try and complete a written response question. This question was a challenge but CONGRATS!!!! to Taylor and Aaron for solving the problem. Great job you two! Here is the problem in case anyone wants to try it at home:
Imad collects quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. This morning, he took $1.80 from his collection. He counted the coins and found that he had twice as many nickels as dimes. What coins could Imad have?
Science: The Circle of Life! We have been learning about the life cycle of two plants, one the cactus and two the bean. Next week we will look more in depth into the bean plants life.
Don't forget to check your grades online! I will update them on Tuesday.
This year is off to such a great start and I am really enjoying this group of kiddos. They are such hard workers and we are having a lot of fun together. Thanks for all of your support at home!
In your child's homework folders is a note with the day and time of teacher conferences. Conferences are the week of September 22. September 23-26 are 1/2 days which means all of those days will be like Tuesdays schedule.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend and please drop me an email if you have any questions.
Also, if you get a chance please leave a comment on the blog about how I could improve this blog or if you find it useful. Thanks!
Read and Write 4 Today: Throughout the week, we read Cherry Blossom festival. It was interesting to learn about celebrations in other countries. On Friday, we read about the Midsummer Magic Festival in Norway. The students took a reading test that assessed their comprehension of the passage. They did very well! I am impressed! We also wrote a paragraph about our favorite food. The students planned their writing, did a pre-write, and edited their writing throughout the week. On Friday, they wrote their final draft. They were expected to have a topic sentence, 4-6 supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence. This was easy for most of the class because we have been working super hard on it for a couple of weeks!
Writing: On Tuesday we wrote a bio poem. The students used prompts to write a poem about themselves. We are going to edit them and then they will type them in the computer lab. I am planning on displaying them in the classroom!
Reading: We read The Mighty Saguaro all week. Students learned new vocabulary. They even learned new information about the desert! They were surprised that there was anything that they didn't already know! They also answered comprehension questions about each chapter. We worked real hard on writing in COMPLETE SENTENCES that included a capital letter at the beginning, punctuation at the end, and part of the question! We are getting better at this!
Spelling: New words came home on Thursday. The test will be on Wednesday Sept. 10th. Every student in the class has their own list. The list consists of any words they missed on last week's test, words they missed from the pretest of words they need to know by the end of third grade, and words that I have taken out of their writing that they have misspelled. It is important that the word lists are not removed from the planners. I do not keep a copy at school. Feel free to make yourself a copy for home if you would like! Don't forget to visit Spelling City. The link is on the right side of our blog page. Type your spelling words into this site and play games with them!
Math: We finished chapter 1 this week and the students took a the end of the chapter assessment on Friday. Everyone did awesome! They also were given a self reflection to complete AND... they were asked to try and complete a written response question. This question was a challenge but CONGRATS!!!! to Taylor and Aaron for solving the problem. Great job you two! Here is the problem in case anyone wants to try it at home:
Imad collects quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. This morning, he took $1.80 from his collection. He counted the coins and found that he had twice as many nickels as dimes. What coins could Imad have?
Science: The Circle of Life! We have been learning about the life cycle of two plants, one the cactus and two the bean. Next week we will look more in depth into the bean plants life.
Don't forget to check your grades online! I will update them on Tuesday.
This year is off to such a great start and I am really enjoying this group of kiddos. They are such hard workers and we are having a lot of fun together. Thanks for all of your support at home!
In your child's homework folders is a note with the day and time of teacher conferences. Conferences are the week of September 22. September 23-26 are 1/2 days which means all of those days will be like Tuesdays schedule.
Have a wonderful rest of the weekend and please drop me an email if you have any questions.
Also, if you get a chance please leave a comment on the blog about how I could improve this blog or if you find it useful. Thanks!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Computer 9/2/08
Comment on this blog during computer time!
We have been learning about the Saguaro Cactus in class. We read a book on the life cycle of the cactus.
Can you tell me about the stages a cactus goes through in its life from the time it is a seed until it dies.
Also tell me who lives in the cactus.
Raise your hand when you have finished typing in the comment. I will help you post it.
After I have helped you post your comment visit these links to practice your math.
MoneyTimePlace Value
Copy (ctrl c) the words and numbers below and paste (ctrl v) them into the comment.
Stages of a Saguaro:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Animals that live in the cactus:
1.
2.
3.
4.
We have been learning about the Saguaro Cactus in class. We read a book on the life cycle of the cactus.
Can you tell me about the stages a cactus goes through in its life from the time it is a seed until it dies.
Also tell me who lives in the cactus.
Raise your hand when you have finished typing in the comment. I will help you post it.
After I have helped you post your comment visit these links to practice your math.
MoneyTimePlace Value
Copy (ctrl c) the words and numbers below and paste (ctrl v) them into the comment.
Stages of a Saguaro:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Animals that live in the cactus:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Week of 8/29/08
We had another great week filled with lots and lots of fun!
Morning Work: In the Write 4 Today assignments this week we worked on capitalizing proper nouns, adding correct punctuation to the end of sentences, and most important using their, there, and they're correctly! In the Read 4 Today assignments we read the story The Foolish Coyote. This was a story about a coyote wanting to be the king of all coyotes that he chose to foolishly let the blackbirds trick him into thinking he could fly.
Reading: We spent this week reading the story The Fruit and Vegetable Man. On Tuesday, the students read the story and came up with questions they had about the story and its pictures. We were able to answer many of the questions as we continued to read, but some, we just had to guess at the answers. On Friday, we discussed all of the parts of the story and took an assessment on the characters, setting, problem, events and ending of the story.
Math: We are almost at the end of chapter 1! I am planning the end of the unit test this Friday! This week we worked on name boxes. We came up with many different names for numbers. One example of this would be the number 25 could be shown as tally marks, as the math problem 20+5 or even as a quarter. This gets the students thinking about different ways to show a number. We also found differences in numbers. This was quite challenging for many of us. We looked at numbers and has to decide what we need to do to change it to a given number. For example... how would you change 54 to 74? You would need to add 20! We also worked on our calculators and learned how to skip forward and backward. Last, but certainly not lease, we worked on place value and money skills. Don't forget to try and use the money skills we practiced in class when you are at the store.
Spelling: Students were given a new list on Thursday. The list consists of the words they missed on last weeks test, any words they missed from this week's pretest, and words that they are missing in their writing. The next test will be Wednesday!
Science: This week the students finished their cactus life cycle books. They turned out so beautiful! Unfortunately, our bean seeds grew mold so we were unable to plant them. Next week we will get to learn what would have happened to them if we had planted them!
Parents,
As you can see we had a very busy week! Thanks so much for allowing me to spend time with your wonderful children! Also, thanks for all that you do at home to help me out!
Morning Work: In the Write 4 Today assignments this week we worked on capitalizing proper nouns, adding correct punctuation to the end of sentences, and most important using their, there, and they're correctly! In the Read 4 Today assignments we read the story The Foolish Coyote. This was a story about a coyote wanting to be the king of all coyotes that he chose to foolishly let the blackbirds trick him into thinking he could fly.
Reading: We spent this week reading the story The Fruit and Vegetable Man. On Tuesday, the students read the story and came up with questions they had about the story and its pictures. We were able to answer many of the questions as we continued to read, but some, we just had to guess at the answers. On Friday, we discussed all of the parts of the story and took an assessment on the characters, setting, problem, events and ending of the story.
Math: We are almost at the end of chapter 1! I am planning the end of the unit test this Friday! This week we worked on name boxes. We came up with many different names for numbers. One example of this would be the number 25 could be shown as tally marks, as the math problem 20+5 or even as a quarter. This gets the students thinking about different ways to show a number. We also found differences in numbers. This was quite challenging for many of us. We looked at numbers and has to decide what we need to do to change it to a given number. For example... how would you change 54 to 74? You would need to add 20! We also worked on our calculators and learned how to skip forward and backward. Last, but certainly not lease, we worked on place value and money skills. Don't forget to try and use the money skills we practiced in class when you are at the store.
Spelling: Students were given a new list on Thursday. The list consists of the words they missed on last weeks test, any words they missed from this week's pretest, and words that they are missing in their writing. The next test will be Wednesday!
Science: This week the students finished their cactus life cycle books. They turned out so beautiful! Unfortunately, our bean seeds grew mold so we were unable to plant them. Next week we will get to learn what would have happened to them if we had planted them!
Parents,
As you can see we had a very busy week! Thanks so much for allowing me to spend time with your wonderful children! Also, thanks for all that you do at home to help me out!
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