I just thought I would wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! We have accomplished so much this past week. In reading, we have been working on monitor and clarify while reading. For more information on monitor and clarify, check out the slideshow below. It was the slideshow I used to present the strategy to the students. They even took notes on how to monitor/clarify when reading.
We also spent the week reading Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann. It was a wonderful story that the students really enjoyed. It is about Officer Buckle trying to teach students about safety. Initially, most students are off-task for his presentations until Gloria (his partner that is a dog) decided to spice things up with her acting skills. It is a wonderfully written story that the students loved.
We are still working on our procedural writing pieces. The students are meeting most aspect of the standards. We just need to work on using more adjectives and vivid verbs. We just need to spice it up! Here are a few links to help your child better understand adjectives and vivd verbs.
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In math this past week we have begun our study of shapes. The students have been breaking shapes down, taking notice of their attributes, composing shapes, graphing, and making educated guesses as to how many shapes would fill another shape. Mrs. Robinson did a wonderful job of tying the Valentine's Day math activity to our current unit of study in Math Investigations. The lessons seemed to flow together. I know the students had fun trying to guess how many candy hearts would fill the shape. They also enjoyed graphing the colors of hearts in their bags as well. I will be posting pictures of that soon.
In Social Studies, we have spent this past week learning about holidays. The students read a book about Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day by Gail Gibbons. Gail Gibbons is a wonderful author who is able to write non-fiction texts that the students can easily understand. If you ever have the opportunity to check her work out, please do so. The students were able to learn so much about both holidays by using her texts. The students also learned about Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Robinson read a story to them and showed them a PowerPoint presentation about President Abraham Lincoln. They were then able to complete a non-fiction book report using both resources. If you wish to view the PowerPoint presentation they saw, click here. We will hopefully be making our own PowerPoint presentations when we switch to report writing in a few weeks.
In Science this week, the students were busy learning about various animals such as fish and reptiles. This will assist them in the coming weeks when we switch to report writing. They will be able to use their science text as a resource.
The class has also been busily practicing for the upcoming PTA program. They have been trying to learn the songs with Mrs. Robinson's help and have been doing a wonderful job with it. We look forward to seeing you there on Thursday! Please check out the slideshow below for more information on monitor and clarify when reading. Thanks and again, Happy Valentine's Day!
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