~ Spring is Finally in the Air ~
Can it be...it looks like we have a week of warm weather ahead!
AROUND THE SCHOOL
Can it be...it looks like we have a week of warm weather ahead!
AROUND THE SCHOOL
May 2nd: Early Dismissal at 1:45
May 23rd: Field Day
May 25th: 9am Awards Program
May 25th: Last Day of School
LANGUAGE ARTS
1ST GRADE: REBUS PUZZLES: This week we explored rebus puzzles as they were incorporated in a story from the author in The Fantastic 5 & 10 Cent Store: A Rebus Adventure by J. Patrick Lewis & Valorie Fisher. In this story pictures are used with the words to help tell the story.
The students took turns reading different pages to the class to practice reading these puzzles. Then we took some time to draw out some more rebus puzzles themed to things we see at the grocery store. The students enjoyed taking turns coming to the board to illustrate rebus puzzles for their classmates to guess.
We ended the week by looking at our final secret message - they were stumped with this one! The students were looking at a word in hieroglyphics which is why it was impossible to figure out - until we gained some more knowledge! We read through a few sections in the book called Hieroglyphs by Joyce Milton. 
After spotting a page with the Hieroglyph alphabet chart - we were able to go back and decode our secret message - Water. We will continue to explore Hieroglyphs next week.
2ND GRADE: THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX: They were excited to come in and begin book the 4th this week. Before we began the students took a mini quiz that had 11 questions over the first 3 books.
They did a great job remembering all the details and only getting stuck on one question. Afterwards, it was finally time to see our characters all meet up at the same time in our story.
They are doing amazing working through the book with me - we plan to wrap up Book the 4th next week to enjoy our last week in high ability comparing the book to the movie.
3RD GRADE: BLACK BEAUTY: This week we started with silent reading time in the classroom. After completing our next set of chapters we looked at our questions and discussed them. This week we focused on how Beauty's character and the words his mom spoke to him have defined his temperament.
We also see that in a moment of panic it is how someone speaks to you and approaches you that defines how you react to a situation. Our classic tale is becoming a real page turner and hard to put down the further we get into the book.
We have seen Beauty have to leave his master due to health reasons and are eager to see what becomes of him in our next section. We will continue on with Black Beauty next week.
MATH
1ST GRADE: SYMMETRY: We completed our final rotation on symmetry. This time students were given shapes out of tangrams and 3 different lines within the shape. Their job was to mark all the lines that were correctly displayed as a line of symmetry. They are definitely mastering this unit, as they were figuring the answers out without the need of the tangrams! We had enough time left this week to start our Think Deeply. We discussed the different strategies they have learned to determine if a shape is symmetrical: folding the shape, using a mirror, or drawing a line of symmetry-where both sides match exactly. They had to answer if a given line of symmetry was correct on a shape and then draw their own line for that same shape. For their writing, they were asked to explain how they knew that their line was a line of symmetry. They were also asked to explain two ways they know a shape is symmetrical. Next week we will have our Unit Review.
2nd Grade: Unit Review: We have completed all our lessons and it is just about time for us to retake our Unit Assessment from the beginning of the year. We took some time this week to look back at all of our vocabulary we have discussed over the year.  |
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They were given this glossary to take home and study as a review before they retake the assessment next week. They are eager to see how much they have grown.
3rd Grade: Unit Review: They have just wrapped up all of the lessons for the year. We took some time this week to review our 3 Big Concepts: Patterns in Sequences, Patterns with the 100's Chart, and Mental Math. 
We took an entire day to review the patterns in sequences, as that was the biggest struggle on the year for this group and was also from the beginning of the year.
Next week they will retake their Unit Assessment from the beginning of the year - looking forward to seeing huge growth with this group!
4th Grade: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions: We continued exploring our new concepts while applying them to baking. They are either double or tripling a recipe or reducing it. 
Enjoy the Sunshine,
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