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-Wed Apr 12, Fieldwork to OMSI Earthquake Lab* -Fri Apr 14, Fieldwork to Columbia River Gorge with the Audubon Society* *More information on both of these trips will come out the afternoon before the trip. Thank you! Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes -Xtra math fluency practice xtramath.org (or multiplication flashcards) -Multi digit addition/subtraction practice -spelling HOWLs Ms. Whitney and Ms. Shannon came into the classroom to lead a discussion on the book "Mr. Peabody's Apples." In the story, a student assumes that his teacher is stealing apples, when it turns out that the teacher is paying for the apples in advance, so it simply looks as if he's stealing apples. This led to a discussion on rumors and how hurtful and damaging it can be to spread rumors and discuss something that we don't know all the facts about. Here is a link to a video of someone reading the book, in case you wanted to hear it for yourself and discuss it again at home. https://youtu.be/k9li_CDJmv8 Math This week, we covered adding and subtracting with three digit numbers. We learned that it is extremely similar to computing with two digit numbers...there is just now also the hundreds place! We took some time to practice adding and subtracting with carrying and regrouping. Listen to your student explain the number 314 using place value (three hundreds, one ten, four ones) Ask your student to solve the problem 413 - 245 and have them explain their thinking Extend the learning by practicing three digit addition and subtraction together! Literacy We focused this week on point of view. We looked at different pictures and determined the different points of view that were depicted in the picture. We then discussed how in writing, there are three different points of view: first person, second person, and third person. We then read different passages and determined which point of view it was from. Then, we read an article to determine the author's point of view and then wrote about our own point of view and whether it was the same or different. The topic of the article was time in school and the author's point of view was that we need more time in school to learn about a variety of different subjects. Listen to your student explain the difference between first person, second person, and third person Ask your student what is their point of view on the amount of time that we spend in school Extend the learning by reading different stories together and determining the author's point of view Expedition We synthesized our reading on the three different types and did some comparing and contrasting of the three. We began to look closely at the rock cycle, which is going to continue into this week. It has been a lot of fun seeing everyone's geology collections! Thank you for letting us bring those in. Listen to your student explain the three different types of rocks Ask your student for some examples of each different type of rock Extend the learning by researching more examples online! We love looking at rocks! Please let me know if you have any questions or comments!
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-Wed Apr 12, Fieldwork to OMSI Earthquake Lab -Fri Apr 14, Fieldwork to Columbia River Gorge with the Audubon Society *This trip has changed!* Originally, we were going to Beacon Rock. However, the rock is closed due to damage from winter storms. The great news is that the Audubon Society has another gorge trip available, so instead we will be hiking up Horsetail Falls. It is a much easier hike, here is a link with a description for it: http://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Horsetail_Falls_Loop_Hike Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes -Xtra math fluency practice xtramath.org (or multiplication flashcards) -Multi digit addition/subtraction practice -spelling Math The week before break we spent some time doing a variety of different math topics. We reviewed telling time, counting money, as well as accurately measuring length and weight. We especially had fun measuring weight using balance scales. In addition to that, we are still working on our multiplication fluency facts. Literacy We discussed authors purpose and learned that there are three main purposes authors have when writing that's easy as pie to remember. Authors write to either persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE)! We looked through scholastic book catalogs to find books that fall under each category. Expedition Our fieldwork to the Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals was awesome! We were taken on a full tour and saw a variety of different rocks, minerals, gems, fossils and petrified wood! The trip got us all really excited to continue learning about geology (pictures will be up on the website soon). In class, we completed three readings on the different types of rocks and practiced taking notes as we read. We learned about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. We used a note catcher that asked us to find how these types of rocks are formed, characteristics of these rocks, interesting facts, and examples. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments! Important Dates/Information
-Mon Mar 20, Fieldwork to Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals I will email out a reminder on Sunday! -Wed Apr 12, Fieldwork to OMSI Earthquake Lab -Fri Apr 14, Fieldwork to Beacon Rock with the Audubon Society If you want to chaperone this trip, please email me back by Monday 3/20. So far, we have had a lot of parents reach out willing to chaperone, so we will need to do a lottery. I'll be in touch sometime next week regarding the results. We are enforcing a new rule of no Pokemon cards at school at all. The students have not been able to keep the cards to only after school. The cards have been a distraction during class time. Thanks for your understanding! Pokemon books are okay though! Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes -Xtra math fluency practice xtramath.org (or multiplication flashcards) -spelling Math This week, we began a new project called Wonkyville. We created a town in our classroom that is a bit wonky, our houses don't exactly fit together quite right! There were folders laid around the classroom with different parts of a house: roof, walls, door, windows, and cost. The students randomly pulled a card that gave them either a multiplication or division problem to solve. We then drew out our houses and wrote a short paragraph about it. Many of our houses turned out really silly! Listen to your student describe the dimensions of their Wonkyville house Ask your student to tell you how they knew if a problem was a multiplication or division problem Extend the learning by practicing those multiplication facts at home! Literacy We have been working hard in our literacy groups, which allows me to work with all of the students at their appropriate level in a small group or one-on-one setting. We work on a variety of things including fluency, reading with expression, and comprehension strategies such as plotting the plot of the story or discussing character traits. We are on the third Upside Down Magic book called Showing Off. We really love this series and will begin doing some comparison work between the books soon. Listen to your student share what types of activities we have been doing in guided reading groups Ask your student to give a short summary of the second Upside Down Magic book called Sticks & Stones Extend the learning by reading some books together at home Expedition We have officially started geology and are so excited about it! On Tuesday, Ms. Nicole came in to help us kick off our expedition. She is studying hydrogeology and had lots of amazing rocks to show us as well as great information on types of geology and the rock cycle. We also took a closer look at the layers of Earth and discussed what geology is. As many of you may have heard, we have a class pet now! His name is Bax Rocky Road Pebbles and he is a rock. We've spent some free time making him clothes and accessorizing his house. He has joined our crew at a perfect time since we're now studying geology! He has really brought our crew together; he is incredibly cute and we all love to read to him and dress him up. He's such a calm little guy, it's perfect! Listen to your student describe some of the rocks Ms. Nicole brought in Ask them to describe the epic race of Bax vs Pebbles vs Hailey Extend the learning by watching this video we watched on geology together and discussing it! https://youtu.be/KTvsWd4HpAk Please let me know if you have any questions or comments! |
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