In reading, the children have been learning about story elements in fiction books. They are practicing retelling a story using the setting, characters, problem, and solution. Another focus has been on retelling the events of the story in order.
In math, the students learned about how to read and write numbers in both standard and expanded form. They also practiced representing numbers up to 1,000 using base ten blocks. It is important that students know the names of their ones, tens, and hundreds place value positions. Here is a fun video on expanded form if your child is having difficulty with this new concept. Next week, we will focus on lessons 5-7 from Chapter 5. The kids had fun reviewing arrays with memory, even and odd numbers with dominoes, and skip counting with QR codes in partner centers.
Two more Flat Stanleys have returned from their adventures! This time Stanley traveled farther from home. The students were able to learn about Tallahassee, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina.
To review maps, the children made Me on the Map Flip Books after listening to the story Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. Now, students are enjoying our maps and geography assessment. I am impressed with their creativity so far! They were given the choice on either designing a playground model out of recycled materials or writing and drawing about the island of their dreams. Students have to create maps of their playgrounds and islands that include titles, keys, and compass roses. We will work on finishing this project next week. Each child will post a picture and explanation of their project on Seesaw once they are done.
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