Narrative Writing

We have been working hard on our Narrative Writing unit. Students have learned different writer's crafts such as engaging beginnings, how to show not tell, adding dialogue, takeaway endings, etc. to make their stories come alive for their readers. Check out some of the ways our students put these crafts to good use!!

Subtraction Strategies

Subtraction Strategies

In math class, we have been working on finding the distance between two numbers (subtraction). The following chart shows some of the strategies that students have been using in their work.  Every student is at a different point in their learning journey. When we come to our daily "closing meeting" during our math workshop, students are always looking for ways to make their work more efficient and sophisticated.

Measuring Matter

Measuring Matter

This week in science, we have been measuring different properties of matter.  We used balances to find the mass of several different objects.  We also practiced reading graduated cylinders to find the volume of several different objects.   Next week, we will be using thermometers to practice finding the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit. 

The Jungle Journal: September 30th - October 4th

Reader’s Workshop

This week we will continue to explore reading partnerships.  We will be retelling our books to our partners and learning that readers often retell our books as a way to lay the story out for others so we can talk it over. But we also lay it out for ourselves so we can think it over. . We will continue to review our new vocabulary words from our text talk book The Patchwork Quilt. 

Each week we will be choosing a student to be our Reading Test Taking Top Banana. This student is one who has used all their strategies to become a successful test taker. Our Reading Test Taking Top Bananas this week are Jaydn and Gabi! Way to go! We are super proud of your hard work!  

Writers’ Workshop                                                              

We will continue drafting our memoirs this week.  Our focus will be on the organization of our story.  Students will be learning how to add transitional words and phrases into their writing. We will also be working on our conclusions.  Ask your child about Takeaway Endings! We will then move toward noticing our strengths and weaknesses as writers, as we move toward the editing phase.

                                                             Skills                                                                                             

 We will be working on list 4 of spelling this week.  Students should study and complete one of the homework options for list 4.  Our quiz will be Friday. The quiz will also cover our skills topic of the week, action verbs.  Our daily skills sheet (in their ROAR folder) will serve as their study guide. 

Math Workshop    

Students are solving distance riddles in which they find pairs of 2- and 3-digit numbers at given distances from a landmark (such as 100, 200 or 300) and determine the difference between the numbers in each pair.  We are focusing on jumping to landmarks on the number line.  Ask your child the following distance riddle question:  I am 36 more than 200.  What number am I?  I am 36 less than 200.  What number am I?  What is the difference between those two numbers? 

 There will be a Distance Riddle Quiz on Wednesday, October 2nd.  You can review Math workbook Unit 3, pages 49, 50, 51, and 57 to prepare.                                                                  

 

Science                                                                                       

We are learning about matter and some of its' properties.  We have discussed matter is anything that takes up space and has mass.  Properties of matter include size, shape, color, texture, and hardness.  We are also participating in hands-on explorations to learn how matter is measured.  Properties of matter, such as mass, volume, length, and temperature, can be measured 

Social Studies                                                                                 

We are studying Chapter 2, Lesson 3:  Communities and Resources.  Please study the blue sheet to be prepared for the quiz on Friday, October 4th.