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-Student-led conferences (Wednesday Oct 12 and Thursday Oct 13) Click here to sign up/check your time! Please let me know if you're having technical difficulties and I can help you out! -Monday October 24 Tualatin Hills Nature Park fieldwork (we will be using parent drivers, thank you to those of you that volunteered!) -Tuesday November 1 Portland Bridge Tour (we will be using a bus and will need some chaperones) Homework for this week: -Read each night for at least 20 minutes! -Math Home Connections: A math game called Spin & Add will be coming home that you can play as a family. Math This week we explored patterns in a subtraction table. We learned the definitions of "sum" and "difference" and then talked in table groups about different strategies we used to add or subtract in our heads. It was really interesting to see that there are many different strategies to getting to one answer. In our subtraction table we found patterns called zero facts, counting back, doubles, and half facts. Ask your student what to explain what a sum and difference is Listen to your student explain what one of the patterns in the subtraction table means Extend the learning by practicing basic addition and subtraction problems in your heads Literacy In literacy, we continued to read to self and others--our new reading stamina is at 11 minutes! We started a new read aloud book called "The One and Only Ivan," which has become a great mentor text for showing your readers details instead of tellingthem about it. We also worked on a writing project where we finished one of our favorite stories "Stuck." Last week, as we read the story, we noticed that the ending was a cliffhanger. We used this as an opportunity to grow our writing stamina and let our imaginations flow as we created unique endings for this book. Ask your student to summarize the book "Stuck" and what their ending included Listen to your student describe what happened so far in "The One and Only Ivan" Extend the learning by reading or writing together as a family Expedition We have finally kicked off our bridges expedition! We learned about the engineering process and began to go through our own steps. First we did a gallery walk where we looked at bridges in Portland and around the world. Using these observations, we began to draw sketches of what we thought a strong and stable bridge might look like. We collaborated with a partner on finalizing a design and then began to build! This week we will be doing strength testing, which will begin our process of learning from failed prototypes--a crucial step in the engineering process! Ask your student to explain the steps in the engineering process Listen to your student describe the shape of their bridge and why they think it will be strong and sturdy Extend the learning by watching this video on the engineering process together and discussing it https://youtu.be/fxJWin195kU
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