Last week was very busy!
We finished chapter 2 (patterns) in math and had our second test, we revised much of our realistic fiction story and drafted our endings, we learned about the Native American's in NYS and practiced the pronunciation of their names, and finally we had a wonderful field trip to the Half Moon. Phew. I was also happy to hear that while I was at my conference on teaching writing, the students were well behaved!
This week is going to be another full week! I am getting ready as I type and look forward to teaching some great concepts!
In math we will be taking a close look at place value. This is a spiraling unit and I hope to build on previous knowledge. This unit will take a little over a week.
In Writing Workshop, we will be revising and finishing up our first writing piece - Realistic Fiction. We spent a lot of time working on an ending that could really happen. Hopefully all pieces will be completed by Friday.
In Reading Workshop, we will be starting Questioning. We will focus on two types of questions (Right There and In your Head) broken into four smaller categories. The types of questions are determined based on where the answers can be found. Students will be asking questions and answering questions throughout this unit. One of the major shifts in the Common Core for students is being able to support their thinking and answers to questions with evidence from the text. We will discuss this at length during this unit.
Social Studies will focus on the differences between the two major Native American tribes in NYS the Iroquois and the Algonquin.
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