Good Afternoon!
We hope you are enjoying the beautiful, crisp fall day we are having. We enjoyed seeing you at the Goal Setting Conferences on Thursday and Friday. We hope you reviewing your child's work with him or her over the weekend. Kindly remember to send in the white binders and/or the writing notebooks with your child tomorrow as we will need them to continue our work.
This week in reading, some students focused on character development by asking questions such as, "Has the character changed?", What is happening to the character?", "What is the character's action?". Other readers learned to check for understanding by asking questions such as, "Does this go with what is happening in the story? Does this sound like it would sound in a book? Do the sounds I see match the word I'm saying?".
Heard around the classroom:
"I'm reading Emily Windsnap. She is part mermaid and part human. She is happy because she gets to do all sorts of things like swim and be on land. " - Makayla
"I like that we use the post-it notes and get to go back to re-read so we really understand what we are reading." - Sarea
"I liked checking for understanding. It really helps me in my reading because if I didn't check, I wouldn't know what was happening in the story." - Myla
"I like word study this week because it helps me to know the word families. I'm good at it." - Sebastian
In writing, students continue to write their stories by adding details and developing plots. Some students used the strategy of "mountain plots" ~ plotting out the story in a shape of mountain ~ rising action, climax, and falling action while others added more detail to make their good writing even better!
Heard around the writing tables:
"The mountain plots were interesting. It really helped my writing because my story is really good." - Isaac
"I got to add even more detail to my writing!" - Oliver
"I like that I can write and write and add more detail to my story." - Ana-Sophia
"I like using the mountain plots in my writing because if it's really exciting, it's a rising action. If it's slowing down, it's falling action." - Praslin
In mathematics, This week, the students worked in groups to continue to develop their number sense through ordering, estimating, and rounding of numbers. Students glued random numbers in order as well as estimate bags of marbles, blocks, chips, and shapes.
Heard around math centers:
"I liked how we worked together putting numbers in order and estimating how many marbles were inside each bag. I got better and better because I am always estimating!" - Jasmine
"I liked math this week because I liked working in a group. I am good at estimating!" - Micah
"I liked gluing the numbers in order on the paper because it helped me know what number comes next." - Sophia
"I liked gluing the numbers in order because it was fun using the glue!" - Charlotte S.
IB Unit: Societies create marketplaces to distribute and exchange goods and services.
Students continued to investigate needs and wants as they explored how one small loan can make a big difference. As the students listened to the reading of One Hen by Katie Smith Milway, they jotted words or drew thoughts of the story that inspired them. One Hen is a true story about a boy, Kojo and his mother in Ghana, West Africa. They have just enough to get by but when Kojo is given a small loan, he buys a hen so that they will have eggs to eat. The story continues as the hen lays more eggs, enough for Kojo to sell at the market. With the profits, he buys more hens, eventually earning enough money for school fees. Along the way, Kojo loans others in his village money so they may get out of poverty too.
Heard around the classroom:
"I liked that we read, One Hen. All of the families in Kojo's town were poor but Kojo helped the families by buying a hen." - Manaal
"Kojo's treasure is scraps of fruit to feed his hen!' - Charlotte V.
"To rent means to borrow, like in a hotel. You use it, but you don't own it." - Micah
"-and then you give it back!" - Makayla
"It's good because they are sharing." - Myla
"A loan is, like at the bank, the bank loans us money so we can buy stuff, like a house. You have to give the money back." - Jasime
"It's a good plan Kojo has because he can buy more hens!" - Isaac
"Kojo is a risk-taker. He is going to buys a chicken coup!" - Kyle
Have a wonderful week and as always, please email us with any questions!
Mrs. K. and Miss O.
We hope you are enjoying the beautiful, crisp fall day we are having. We enjoyed seeing you at the Goal Setting Conferences on Thursday and Friday. We hope you reviewing your child's work with him or her over the weekend. Kindly remember to send in the white binders and/or the writing notebooks with your child tomorrow as we will need them to continue our work.
This week in reading, some students focused on character development by asking questions such as, "Has the character changed?", What is happening to the character?", "What is the character's action?". Other readers learned to check for understanding by asking questions such as, "Does this go with what is happening in the story? Does this sound like it would sound in a book? Do the sounds I see match the word I'm saying?".
Heard around the classroom:
"I'm reading Emily Windsnap. She is part mermaid and part human. She is happy because she gets to do all sorts of things like swim and be on land. " - Makayla
"I like that we use the post-it notes and get to go back to re-read so we really understand what we are reading." - Sarea
"I liked checking for understanding. It really helps me in my reading because if I didn't check, I wouldn't know what was happening in the story." - Myla
"I like word study this week because it helps me to know the word families. I'm good at it." - Sebastian
In writing, students continue to write their stories by adding details and developing plots. Some students used the strategy of "mountain plots" ~ plotting out the story in a shape of mountain ~ rising action, climax, and falling action while others added more detail to make their good writing even better!
Heard around the writing tables:
"The mountain plots were interesting. It really helped my writing because my story is really good." - Isaac
"I got to add even more detail to my writing!" - Oliver
"I like that I can write and write and add more detail to my story." - Ana-Sophia
"I like using the mountain plots in my writing because if it's really exciting, it's a rising action. If it's slowing down, it's falling action." - Praslin
In mathematics, This week, the students worked in groups to continue to develop their number sense through ordering, estimating, and rounding of numbers. Students glued random numbers in order as well as estimate bags of marbles, blocks, chips, and shapes.
Heard around math centers:
"I liked how we worked together putting numbers in order and estimating how many marbles were inside each bag. I got better and better because I am always estimating!" - Jasmine
"I liked math this week because I liked working in a group. I am good at estimating!" - Micah
"I liked gluing the numbers in order on the paper because it helped me know what number comes next." - Sophia
"I liked gluing the numbers in order because it was fun using the glue!" - Charlotte S.
IB Unit: Societies create marketplaces to distribute and exchange goods and services.
Students continued to investigate needs and wants as they explored how one small loan can make a big difference. As the students listened to the reading of One Hen by Katie Smith Milway, they jotted words or drew thoughts of the story that inspired them. One Hen is a true story about a boy, Kojo and his mother in Ghana, West Africa. They have just enough to get by but when Kojo is given a small loan, he buys a hen so that they will have eggs to eat. The story continues as the hen lays more eggs, enough for Kojo to sell at the market. With the profits, he buys more hens, eventually earning enough money for school fees. Along the way, Kojo loans others in his village money so they may get out of poverty too.
Heard around the classroom:
"I liked that we read, One Hen. All of the families in Kojo's town were poor but Kojo helped the families by buying a hen." - Manaal
"Kojo's treasure is scraps of fruit to feed his hen!' - Charlotte V.
"To rent means to borrow, like in a hotel. You use it, but you don't own it." - Micah
"-and then you give it back!" - Makayla
"It's good because they are sharing." - Myla
"A loan is, like at the bank, the bank loans us money so we can buy stuff, like a house. You have to give the money back." - Jasime
"It's a good plan Kojo has because he can buy more hens!" - Isaac
"Kojo is a risk-taker. He is going to buys a chicken coup!" - Kyle
Have a wonderful week and as always, please email us with any questions!
Mrs. K. and Miss O.