I have sent home next week's homework packet for your child to work on before the week begins. I did not want them to have do 2 pages on Tuesday.
This week we have been "opinionated" on purpose. We have begun our writing unit on opinions. I always find it interesting why the students like a certain item. The reasons they use to support their opinion are priceless.
How is the word study going? The assessment will be on Tuesday. It is my hopes that they are getting faster and faster "building the words with their tiles" than the first day we started. In class they are getting better. There is no one right way to practice theses words. The Words Their Way program has students building the words and finding the patterns in the words using the letter tiles. If you have another way you want to study with your child that is fine too.
In math, we are finishing up on Module 3 of the EngageNY. Soon we will say goodbye to measurement and onto place value. On Wednesday, Mrs. Barbara Beske from achievethecore.org will be visiting our classroom to see how the students are doing with the program. She will model a lesson on tens and ones with the class.
In reading, we are learning about character traits of our characters in our books. We are also becoming more aware of how a character changes throughout the course of a book, from happy to sad to happy again. The students are also enjoying sharing their reading with their partners too.
The students also learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We made portraits of him with step by step directions. They are proudly hanging up on our bulletin board outside our classroom. I will take pictures of them and put the on the blog next week.
Enjoy your long weekend.
This week we have been "opinionated" on purpose. We have begun our writing unit on opinions. I always find it interesting why the students like a certain item. The reasons they use to support their opinion are priceless.
How is the word study going? The assessment will be on Tuesday. It is my hopes that they are getting faster and faster "building the words with their tiles" than the first day we started. In class they are getting better. There is no one right way to practice theses words. The Words Their Way program has students building the words and finding the patterns in the words using the letter tiles. If you have another way you want to study with your child that is fine too.
In math, we are finishing up on Module 3 of the EngageNY. Soon we will say goodbye to measurement and onto place value. On Wednesday, Mrs. Barbara Beske from achievethecore.org will be visiting our classroom to see how the students are doing with the program. She will model a lesson on tens and ones with the class.
In reading, we are learning about character traits of our characters in our books. We are also becoming more aware of how a character changes throughout the course of a book, from happy to sad to happy again. The students are also enjoying sharing their reading with their partners too.
The students also learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We made portraits of him with step by step directions. They are proudly hanging up on our bulletin board outside our classroom. I will take pictures of them and put the on the blog next week.
Enjoy your long weekend.
