Here's a look at what we did this week:
Math - We started a new unit in math this week where we have been learning about fact families and different properties of addition. In order to understand why the properties are true, we have been doing a lot of hands on, concrete, modeling. Students took a pretest for the unit at the beginning of the week and we will start math groups sometime next week.
Social studies - This week in social studies we have been focusing on natural vs. manmade resources. Next week we will move on as we dive into renewable vs. nonrenewable resources.
Science - Our astronomy unit is continuing to ignite students' interests as we learn about Earth's moon! Students have so many questions and we often research the answers as a class. Yesterday we learned about the first astronauts to land on the moon and read an interview on scholastic with someone from NASA. We also answered students' questions about the "blood moon" and found out that we might be able to see one next week on September 28th!
Writing - Writing this week has been a lot of fun as we kick off our personal narrative unit. We talked about what exactly a personal narrative is and how we choose a good story to write about. I used the image of a watermelon vs. a seed to talk about choosing a small "seed" story. Students made an "important people/places" web about their lives in order to help them start to brainstorm stories to write for their own personal narratives. Next week will continue to have mini lessons on what makes a good personal narrative and begin some writer's workshops!
Reading - Our story for reading this week was Max Malone, a story about two young boys who find a creative way to make money. We used this story when discussing personal narratives and talking about time order words. We also focused on sequencing.
Religion - We wrapped up Chapter 1 of religion this week as we talked about the Church's art, praying the Nicene Creed, and reviewing for our quiz today. We were also able to spend some time with our faith partners for fitness week activities! Students boogied with the little ones at an all school dance in the hallway and then ran and jumped around the parking lot to get active!
Reminders:
- Remember to encourage and check your child's homework and assignment planner! We had a few too many "Oops Slips" needing to be filled out this week.
- The music teacher asked that each student bring a folder and notebook for music next week.
- Friday next week is an in-service day for teachers so there will be no school.
- No homework this weekend!
Below are some pictures from today's Field (Gym) Day!
Have a great weekend!
- Miss Rizzo
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