I hope everyone had a great weekend. It was nice to get outside on Saturday. Hopefully you and your family were able to take advantage of the great weather as well!
Reading Workshop
We spent a lot of time using the subheadings and/or main idea- "pop out" sentences in our nonfiction texts last week. Once we were able to determine the main idea of each section of our nonfiction books, it made it easier to take notes. We also worked on note-taking with the purpose of being able to "teach" a classmate about our topic. At first the kids were taking many random notes in their notebooks with no organization. We found that if we categorize our notes it makes it easier for us to teach from and it makes it easier for our partner to learn from. Below are some pictures of the experts in our class last week!
This week we will continue to look at text structure and see how that can help us take even more effective notes on our topics!
This week your child will be bringing home his/her Module 3 Assessment. This assessment was very difficult and it required a lot of focus and persistence. After looking at the assessment, I would ask that you return the back page of the assessment rubric stating that you saw the assessment. There will also be a box for you to check off if you would like some practice pages for your child to try out at home.
This week for Math Menu homework, your child will need to choose one of the problems that was incorrect on the assessment. He/she will need to try that problem again. I will encourage the students to bring home their resource tools that give the steps for multiplication, division, and problem solving so that they can use that to help them fix one of the problems.
Like I mentioned in last week's blog, multiplication and division are skills that require a lot of repeated practice. We will continue to practice at school, but I would encourage your child to practice these skills at home to become more efficient!
We started our Geometry unit last week as well. It was helpful that we had had lot of practice with the vocabulary prior to starting this unit. This week we will start to measure angles. This is a skill that will require a lot of practice as well.
Writing Workshop
We started to type our realistic fiction stories last week. It is amazing to see how much the students are able to type in one sitting! We have been working on slowing down each scene to our story so that we paint a picture for our reader. We will continue to work on this throughout the upcoming week.
I hope everyone has a great week!
Jen
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