Literacy - We finished our first class read aloud book, The Tiger Rising. We made final predictions about where the story would go. After finishing, we had a great conversation about making text-to-self connections. Many students could relate to the characters struggle of coping with a lost loved one. It was an impactful conversation and the students were sad to be finished. But! We moved onto our first novel study as a class, in which we break down The Indian in the Cupboard and work through guided questions in our literacy binders.
Writing - We continue to work on weekly spelling. Our word work practice has been helping. Make sure to quiz your child whenever you can (stoplights? dinner table? practice makes perfect!) We continued our Writer's workshop and developed short narrative pieces we will edit and share with the class. We will begin our Narrative writing unit next week. Math - We continued doing our daily math fact fluency drills. Please make your child practice fact fluency. Drill, baby, drill. We began solving number stories with an emphasis on first estimating, then solving. We reviewed triple digit addition and subtraction. We played math games involving cards and dice. Anything can be turned into a math game, so try and play at home! As we look to the week ahead, we will try and finish up Unit 1 and have our first math test in the next 1-2 weeks. Science - We finished lesson 2 and began lesson 3 in our Unit, Living Things and Energy. We discussed food chains and created some food chains of our own to decorate our 4th grade class. I introduced my class to my favorite science show as a child, Bill Nye, The Science Guy. We watched an episode about food chains and webs. Everything is connected! We will continue food webs and move onto microorganisms in the following week. Microscopes are in! I will look to utilize them to try and find some real live microorganisms. MicroSociety - Job interviews began for students interested in working at agencies. Kindergarten Micro Mentor positions have been filled, and interviews were held for Warehouse. We filled out resumes and Management 101 class started for any new students who would like to be a manager of a business. Managers have a bit more responsibility, but also make a bigger paycheck! ** We had a great fourth week of school. We continue to use the "beat the teacher" board to regulate classroom behavior. Students earned 23 extra minutes this week! We continue to have small slip-ups, but overall everyone is settling nicely into our daily routines.
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