FIRST GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS
Working as a group, we edited our persuasive paragraph. Being that we had consulted the rubric last week, the students were understandably confident in our paragraph as it was. When I told them that we can make it even better, they were taken by surprise. After our editing session, I introduced them to Pages. It is an app on their iPads that they hadn't used before. I hope to have them record themselves reading the paragraph on Pages. We started a "page" by adding pig photos. The next step is to add Pig Latin as the title.
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We sure had fun in class this week! We played two online trivia games to review content/test our comprehension of Despereaux. I introduced the students to the game Blooket, and it was a hit! We are heading into the fourth and final section of The Tale of Despereaux. Homework due Monday: read chapters 34-38. Please remind your students to do their HA reading. Thank you so much for your continued support:)
THIRD GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS
The students completed a vocabulary map on tall tales. They also added tall tales to their folklore posters. Comparing and contrasting tall tales to the other types of folklore will be our next step. Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox is a well-known tall tale. It is full of fun exaggerations kids enjoy. You may want to watch this video with your child. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mgQ35sEKZk
FOURTH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS
I showed the students an outline of what our biography project will include. There will be research, writing, technology, and public speaking. We began researching Anne Frank's life. If you happen to have any books about Anne Frank at home, please send them in for us to borrow.
FIRST GRADE MATH
Using words to answer math problems is a challenge. Writing in math is something we work on repeatedly in HA. Referring to the shape we created in class last week, we did some writing in math. We explained how the shape we created and the shape that was given as an example are similar/different. This also helped them exercise their knowledge of shape attributes. We had a lot of fun playing Blooket! It is an online trivia game we used to test our knowledge of shapes.
SECOND GRADE MATH
The students continued with the geometric patterns they created. They were successful at identifying the sliding, flipping, and turning within the patterns. We briefly touched on parallelograms. I taught them a trick to remember what parallel means. The trick involves them looking at the word parallel.
THIRD GRADE MATH
As you may recall, the students filled in several number charts with multiples. They observed visual/geometric and mathematical patterns with partners. This week, we came together as a group to compare the different multiples. We discussed their similarities and differences. We speculated what the charts would look like if they continued past 100. The students were thinking aloud, comparing thoughts, and explaining things to each other. It was great to hear them interacting in such a productive manner!
FOURTH GRADE MATH
As you may recall, after solving variable puzzles, the students were working on explaining how they solved the puzzles. Writing in math is a difficult concept that we repeatedly work on in HA. This particular assignment involved them explaining algebraic thinking and strategy! We also solved several equations. These student mathematicians are loving algebra!
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