We had a nice, calm Friday. They started off by completing their basic facts quiz and spelling test, we then painted poppies. I hope you enjoy the pictures!
What are the most important "Elements of a Story'? This is what our morning discussion was based on. From this, we each created a poster as a 'cheat sheet' for the back of our journals. It included: characters, problem, theme, setting, solution and plot. This began our discussion around Fairytales. I read them "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." We could easily find the different elements in this story. On computers they practiced their spelling words through using 'word document.' In the afternoon they collected data with using a dice. With this data, they created bar graphs. What is noise pollution and how does it affect living things? We each made a K.W.L chart in our Science book. Ask your child what they learned. We started compliments last week. Each student gives another child a compliment. They really seem to enjoy this, as they practice giving and receiving kind comments. Spelling words- Working with contractions: Red: she's, I'm...
I loved seeing everyones costumes today. We will continue with the same spelling words next week. Please go over your child's pop math quiz with them. Have a safe weekend!
Today they created hot air balloons out of paper! They turned out great and we are excited to hang them in our classroom. They are excited to show you this craft at home. We will be doing writing around these creations tomorrow. Today we started a new unit in Math: Multiplication! This is my favourite one to teach. We started with understanding that Multiplication means EQUAL groupings. Our first strategy we learned was repeated addition and drawing pictures of equal groups. For example: 2+2+2 is the same thing as 3 cookies with 2 chocolate chips in them each (2x3=6). We learned to use skip counting as a strategy: 2,4,6. We also learned a song to help us. Have a great evening and stay warm!
Comments
Post a Comment