Reading Workshop
Last week we took a closer look at one of the characters in the book that we are reading. We started to think about Maddie in The Hundred Dresses. The kids used evidence from the text to defend a position about whether or not Maddie is caring. There were many kids that felt she is a caring character and a few that believed she is not caring. We will have a debate this week. Each side will get to share their opinion and back it up with evidence and reasons from the text. We will practice having respectful conversations even if we don't agree with an opinion. We will also work on having an open mind and be ready to listen to the other side. In the end we will see if anyone has a different thought about this character. Ask your child what their position is on this and what makes them feel this way! Make sure they keep you updated after our debate as well!
Science
The ideas that we were thinking about last week was what effect does the wind have on sand, leaves, sticks, and dirt. We began our investigation by thinking like a scientist. We learned that scientists need to have a clear plan before heading out to find answers. We really focused on observing and writing down our observations in our Science Notebook.
Math Workshop
We are continuing to learn multiplication strategies. The kids learned the area model and partial product strategies for multiplication. When learning the area model we were able to think about what we know about area. We were able to apply this to these multiplication problems. Later in the week we learned about the partial product strategy.
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| This is the area model. |
I hope everyone has a great week!
~Jen
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