SMI

In Math Workshop today, students used rounding to the nearest tens or hundreds places to help them make quick, reasonable estimates.   Students then visited stations where they applied what they have been learning this unit to purposeful math games and tasks.  Tomorrow we will apply our spatial reasoning and understanding about rounding to real world problems.

Chelsea and her group are rolling 3-digit numbers
and rounding to the nearest tens and hundreds.

Kiersten and her group are "rolling a story" and using change diagrams to solve multi-step problems.

Christian, Ryan, DJ and Brea are rounding to the
nearest hundreds on "Math Man".

Jazella and her group are dissecting patterns to help them identify missing numbers.

The Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) took the time slot of Writers' Workshop today. The SMI is an assessment students will continue to take as they advance through elementary school as a gauge of student growth and progress, and as a tool to influence and guide effective instruction.  Next week I will be sure to send home their score's along with last year's so you can see your child's progress.

In Word Study, students learned two new words: sympathetic and assertive.  Ask your child what these words mean at home, have them give you examples from book, TV, movies, or real life.

In Read Aloud we used Contrasts & Contradictions to help us make meaningful predictions about character change.

In Readers' Workshop, students learned to consider character change when they come to a "CC" in order to help us grow ideas about characters and theme (see below).  As always, books clubs met and discussed plot, characters, etc. and engaged in meaningful dialogue and comprehension strategies to foster critical thinking.

Today was our first time actually switching for Beaver Block.  Ask your child what they did today, and who's class they were in.

In Social Studies, students compared different points of view about Christopher Columbus to make their own claims about this individual.  In addition, we reflected on what we learned and now think about him.  Ask you child to use, "I used to think... Now I know..." for Christopher Columbus.  Have them explain their reasoning.

Homework:

• Read 20 minutes 

Reminders:

• Bank Day tomorrow. Please sign your child's planner.
• Unit 2 Math Test: Thursday, October 23.
• No school this Friday.
• Math Test Sign & Return due

Classroom Supplies:

• Sticky Notes

Thank you,

Ms. Smith