Reading- We got right back into the routines of reading workshop. We started by practicing turning and talking about a book with our partners. We all got our new reading levels and had a chance to shop for new books. We also took a look at the purpose of rubrics and practiced using them by rating a chocolate chip cookie. It was useful and delicious!
Writing- Our first writing unit is persuasive writing. We kicked off this unit by thinking about both the pros and cons of several different debatable questions. The children wrote about if trampolines are dangerous, if kids should be allowed to chew gum in school, if schools should have extra recess and if children should have chores. They pushed themselves to think about points on both sides of the argument. Math- We wrapped up the place value unit. We played a few place value games, challenged ourselves with a Thinking Cap and had our first lesson with Mr. P. We also logged onto FASTTMath in order to start strengthening our fact fluency.
Computers- We celebrated Constitution Day by watching a video, reading an article and doing a short activity related to the information we learned.
Hello Team M&M,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your latest update with us - LOVE IT!! I am learning so much about everything going on in your classroom from the persuasive writing to your growth as readers. I am SO PROUD OF YOU!!! Keep up all the hard work!
Sincerely,
Mr. Sinanis
Thank you for your response. We are really enjoying the persuasive writing unit. Our class topic is "Should kids have pets?". We are looking forward to researching the pros and cons of this topic. Thanks!
DeleteGood to see the latest updates of the class. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThanks for your response. We are really loving all the learning that is happening in our classroom!
DeleteWe love feeling so connected to what's going on in the classroom! Thank you so much for taking the time to write these blogs so often!
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Thanks for taking the time to read our blog and respond. We love the way that this blog connects us with the families. We are looking forward to including surveys, websites, apps, etc. in future blog posts. We are also looking forward to having the children eventually write class blog posts. Thanks!
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