Race for Education Labels!

In Math Workshop, students applied their knowledge of place value to compare numbers and make mathematical claims.  At my station, we worked with base ten blocks to prove our thinking.  If you get a chance tonight, ask your child what's bigger:  30 tens or 2 hundreds.  Have them tell you how they know.  Students have homework coming home today, due tomorrow.

In Writers' Workshop, took on more responsibility regarding using their senses to hook their readers and describe their settings in their personal narratives (see a sample below). To practice this element of writer's craft, students engaged in a quick write where they described a photo.

In Readers' Workshop, students learned and practiced making personal connections to infer how characters feel.  When readers connect with characters, they become empathetic readers; they think critically and more deeply about relationships and theme.  Tonight when your child is reading, have them make a personal connection, then ask them how they think their character feels based on that connection.  Encourage them to use sticky notes like we do in class to jot down their thinking.

In Word Study, students applied their knowledge of the CVC rule to notice and note patterns of all words with suffixes including -er, -est, etc.

In Social Studies, students used words and symbols to explain the character traits of a responsible citizen.

In Read Aloud, we applied our learning from our Readers' Workshop mini lesson to infer how William and Igor feel (our story's main characters).

Homework:

• Math homework due tomorrow
• Read 20 minutes  

Reminders:

• Race for Education labels due tomorrow!

Thank you,

Ms. Smith