Reading - This week in our reading groups students finished reading books about Thanksgiving.  Students created and will share the  Prezi they created.  Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - "Turkeys" finished writing letters to Farmer Hill asking him to make a choice other than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.  In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on capital letters and end punctuation.

 

Math - Students continue to work on understanding fractions as numbers. Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - Students have been sharing their Healthy Me information by "Going Public" with their projects.

This weeks Fish Ambassador
Sadie Foster

 

Reading - This week in our reading groups students read books about Thanksgiving.  Students will share what they have read through Prezi's.   Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - Students are pretending to be turkeys and writing letters to Farmer Hill asking him to make a choice other than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.  In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on possessive pronouns.

 

Math - Students are working on understanding fractions as numbers.  We explored this concept using a Hershey Bar.  That was a delicious activity.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - Students have been working in small groups on their healthy me projects.  Groups will begin presenting on Friday.

Last week's FISH Ambassador - Duache Thao

Learning about fractions with Hershey Bars...Yum!

Carlos ate 2/12 of his Hershey Bar.

 

Reading - This week we continued to work on making logical inferences when we read.   Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - This week students worked on building stamina when journal writing.  Students are also working on making their writing more interesting by adding appropriate details.   In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on pronouns.

 

Math - Students have continued working on multiplying with multiples of 10.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - This week we started our unit on Healthy Me.   Students also began working on projects to go with the Healthy Me unit.

Congratulations Brooklyn on being our first FISH Ambassador in Room 104!

 

Reading - This week we worked on making logical inferences when we read.  Each day we work through the Daily 5 which includes reading to self, reading to someone, word work, writing, and technology. 

Writing - This week students worked on editing and rewriting their pen pal letters.   In mechanics, usage, and grammar students worked on different endings for plural nouns and irregular plural nouns.  

 

Math - Students have been working on multiplying with multiples of 10.  Students work daily on  number of the day, problem solving, math writing, and I-Pad activities that support the Common Core State Standards.  On Tuesdays and Thursday students also work on multiplication facts.

Inquiry - This week we explored the Mexican Day of the Dead celebration.