We accomplished a lot during this short week!
I want to update everyone that each child should have a laminated copy of all of their various passwords and logins that is hole-punched and in their binder. I hope this is helpful when students would like to extend the practice of what we are doing at school while they are home. The laminated copy should stay in their binders at all times because we also refer to these for work on the computers and iPads at school.
Most of the week in math was spent reviewing place value. We also started our next unit on addition and subtraction. If your child is still struggling with their basic facts in addition and subtraction, they should be practicing regularly at home. Fact practice is ongoing at school as well, and I encourage your child to use the website XtraMath. There is a link to the website directly from this blog. The children are practicing mental math strategies and learning to estimate the sums and differences of problems.
In writing, students have been working on the drafting and revision steps of the writing process with their personal narratives. Our emphasis has been on revising the beginning and ending of the story, so that their writing begins with a lead that "hooks" the reader's attention and ends with a conclusion that leaves a lasting impression. We work together to create anchor charts of our revising ideas, such as the one below.
The readers in our room are extending their clarifying strategies into non-fiction texts this week. We have also started to explore non-fiction text features that can help us comprehend better, such as the table of contents, glossaries, and headings. We will continue to work on text features next week.
In social studies the students are learning about the natural resources of Missouri, and well as the importance of conserving our resources. They have been practicing writing the global "address" of locations by using latitude and longitude. Students have a quiz on Monday covering the five regions and two major rivers of our state. They should be able to locate and label them on a map. Check out some of the fantastic finished This Hand is My Land projects!
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