Ka-Boom!

In Math Workshop, students applied their understanding of charts, addition, and subtraction to solve real world, multi-step problems.  This required students to dissect the questions and use clue words to determine what the question was really asking them to do.  We worked through many of these examples on whiteboards. Students have homework coming home today, due tomorrow.  Their homework looks very similar to what we did in class.  If your child is having trouble, before helping them, encourage them to look in their math notebook for help.

In Writers' Workshop, we studied the mentor text, The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes.  We "stole" this author's ideas of using sound words to wake up our readers and glue them to the page when writing our personal narratives.  See some examples below.

In Readers' Workshop, students learned to use everything they know about characters (inside and out) to make meaningful predictions about what they'll do next.

In Word Study, students applied their knowledge of the -y to -i rule to plural suffixes, and "hunted" for words with similar patterns throughout the room.

In Read Aloud, students paid close attention to characters to make meaningful predictions.

In Social Studies, we closely read Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech" to help us infer ideas about patriotism and citizenship in the United States.

Homework:

• Math homework due tomorrow
• Read 20 minutes  

Reminders:

• Unit 1 Math Test: Tuesday, September 23.
• Ice Cream Social tonight, 6:30-7:30

Thank you,

Ms. Smith