Literacy: We have been focusing on the skills and strategies of main idea, author's purpose, and building on our Word Works. Word Works runs on a 5 day rotation. I will explain it more in a future post when students have gone through the whole process. We have also started CADET time groups that focus on decoding, fluency, and/or comprehension. These groups were determined by analyzing data from FAST assessments and MAPs. This week we will continue to work on main idea as well as move into prefixes and inferencing.
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| Mrs. VerMeer introducing Main Idea - what do these objects have in common? |
Besides having a fire drill last week, students were encouraged to walk a mile as part of the state initiative to stay healthy. It was a perfect day to go for a walk around the track.
In writing, we moved into another ideas lesson on pattern books. Students had the option to work with a partner or alone to create their own pattern book based on a read aloud titled Fortunately....Unfortunately. I can't wait to hear the finished products! We will be moving into the writing process this coming week.
We are wrapping up our science unit on plants and animals this coming week. Last week we worked on our categorizing and comparison of animals and what we learned about them through an app on our iPads. Although it was challenging for some, students learned to compare and contrast plants and animals and use clues given to categorize plants and animals. This week we will start working on our unit assessment, a project based assessment. Stay tuned for more information about that soon.
In math we reviewed ball park estimates and moved into addition of large numbers. We practiced different ways to solve addition problems and students need to find the method that makes most sense to them to understand the process, not just get the answer. This week we will continue with addition and move into multi digit subtraction.
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