Congrats to Erich for meeting his 2nd quarter AR goal. Way to go Erich!
Monday, December 7, 2015
Friday, December 4, 2015
Science News
We completed a lab activity in class today to learn about how landforms such as mountains are formed. We recorded our observations of a stack of dry paper towels, then got the towels wet. We pushed the sides together to form a peak in the middle similar to a mountain, then recorded our new observations. The students completed a lab results table and response questions in their science journals.
Lessons & Assignments Friday, December 4th
Language Arts - None - We completed our DOL and spelling page in class today. We also listened to our weekly story on our iPads. Today we learned about how an author's purpose can be to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain while we made some "pie." We also read an article about explorers, determined the author's purpose, and found details from the article that supported our conclusion.
Math - 6.5 - We learned about how subtraction and division are related today. Our friends that weren't able to complete today's assignment in class need to finish it for homework over the weekend.
Science - None - We talked about how volcanoes and mountains are formed today by completing a lab activity with wet paper towels. Ask your child what happened when he or she pushed on the edges of the towel.
Social Studies - None - We read about St. Augustine, Florida today and the early Spanish explorers. Mrs. Bebon showed some pictures from a trip to St. Augustine - we LOVE looking at real life examples of what we are reading about!
Math - 6.5 - We learned about how subtraction and division are related today. Our friends that weren't able to complete today's assignment in class need to finish it for homework over the weekend.
Science - None - We talked about how volcanoes and mountains are formed today by completing a lab activity with wet paper towels. Ask your child what happened when he or she pushed on the edges of the towel.
Social Studies - None - We read about St. Augustine, Florida today and the early Spanish explorers. Mrs. Bebon showed some pictures from a trip to St. Augustine - we LOVE looking at real life examples of what we are reading about!
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Lessons & Assignments Thursday, December 3rd
Language Arts - None - We completed our DOL and grammar page in class today. We also practiced our spelling words using the Spelling City app on our iPads. Students also listened to our weekly story, and worked on their comprehension questions in class today.
Math - 6.4 - We learned about how to use bar models to solve division problems today. We started by making groups of counters, then transferred that information to a bar model. We are solving problems the same way, just in a different format. For today's assignment, students are free to use whichever method they prefer.
Science - None - We finished our vocabulary preview foldables in class today.
Social Studies - None - We watched a Discovery Education video on the early explorers, and completed a video response sheet as we were watching.
Math - 6.4 - We learned about how to use bar models to solve division problems today. We started by making groups of counters, then transferred that information to a bar model. We are solving problems the same way, just in a different format. For today's assignment, students are free to use whichever method they prefer.
Science - None - We finished our vocabulary preview foldables in class today.
Social Studies - None - We watched a Discovery Education video on the early explorers, and completed a video response sheet as we were watching.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Classroom Visitor
Josiah's dad visited our classroom today to tell us all about his job at John Deere. The kids loved hearing about how he makes tractors, and thought it was funny that he gets to test out the horns! They enjoyed looking at the model of a combine, and looking through a catalog. I loved all of their great questions today!
Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, December 2nd
Language Arts - None - We completed our DOL, grammar, and spelling pages in class today. We had a few minutes to work on our AR goals, and read our weekly story, Here's My Dollar. This story is an expository story about a girl that raised money to help out her local zoo. We will be focusing on the author's purpose for writing stories this week, which can be either to persuade, inform, or entertain. Ask your child what the purpose of our weekly story is!
Math - None - We completed lesson 6.3 in class today. It was very similar to yesterday's lesson, only today we were determining the amount of groups rather than the amount in each group as we divide. We used the ipads today to practice our lesson.
Science - None - We previewed chapter 7 today on landforms. We also started a vocabulary foldable for our journals.
Social Studies - None - We had a classroom visitor during our social studies time.
Math - None - We completed lesson 6.3 in class today. It was very similar to yesterday's lesson, only today we were determining the amount of groups rather than the amount in each group as we divide. We used the ipads today to practice our lesson.
Science - None - We previewed chapter 7 today on landforms. We also started a vocabulary foldable for our journals.
Social Studies - None - We had a classroom visitor during our social studies time.
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, December 1st
Language Arts - study spelling/vocab, phonics packet - We read completed our DOL and grammar page in class today, where we learned about plural possessive nouns. We read our vocabulary review story, and completed our vocab packets in class. In small groups, Mrs. Pratt worked on digraphs, and my groups worked on determining the author's purpose.
Math - None - We completed lesson 6.2 today on dividing items into equal groups. We practiced dividing ourselves into groups today, used counters, and some students even drew equal groups on dry erase boards.
Science - None - We took our rocks and minerals test today.
Social Studies - None - We started unit 4 and chapter 7 today. We read about the early explorers from France, England, and Spain. We learned about the Iroquois tribe that was already in the United States, and their way of life.
Math - None - We completed lesson 6.2 today on dividing items into equal groups. We practiced dividing ourselves into groups today, used counters, and some students even drew equal groups on dry erase boards.
Science - None - We took our rocks and minerals test today.
Social Studies - None - We started unit 4 and chapter 7 today. We read about the early explorers from France, England, and Spain. We learned about the Iroquois tribe that was already in the United States, and their way of life.
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