This week 2/3 was introduced to our new unit and the central idea "Exploration leads to discovery and develops new understanding" through a slide show and asked three questions regarding what they saw:
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
what do you think?
Students answered these essential questions in their IB Notebooks and were and to discuss the images and their ideas after the slide show.
What do you notice?
What do you wonder?
what do you think?
Students answered these essential questions in their IB Notebooks and were and to discuss the images and their ideas after the slide show.
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Readers Workshop
This week in Readers Workshop students began a Non-Fiction unit. They examined what makes a non-fiction book different from a fiction text. Students discussed the differences between fiction and non-fiction based on the information inside. They looked for text features within "just right" books and explored the idea of "dipping in and dipping out" of non-fiction books to gain information as opposed to reading the book all the way through as they would a narrative. Students then further divided the genre into categories that had similarities. They were able to generate a list of over 20 different categories for their non-fiction genre! Students then organized the books into baskets, labeled the baskets and created more categories during their organization with partners.
This week in Readers Workshop students began a Non-Fiction unit. They examined what makes a non-fiction book different from a fiction text. Students discussed the differences between fiction and non-fiction based on the information inside. They looked for text features within "just right" books and explored the idea of "dipping in and dipping out" of non-fiction books to gain information as opposed to reading the book all the way through as they would a narrative. Students then further divided the genre into categories that had similarities. They were able to generate a list of over 20 different categories for their non-fiction genre! Students then organized the books into baskets, labeled the baskets and created more categories during their organization with partners.
Writers Workshop
Students carried the non-fiction theme into writers workshop this week. Students were encouraged to think of topics that interested them. Once students had chosen several topics they then needed to pose questions about those topics in their writers ws notebooks. Topics they had no questions about fell to the side, and the topics students had less knowledge of became their topic for research. Students made notes in their books using stickies and then practiced putting those notes into their own words. Students began making a special "non-fiction notes" book specifically for their research which they can add pages to as they continue to discover more information about their topics.
This is the list of non-fiction topics the students made:
Oscar- inventors, science, Albert Einstein
Sarea- puppies, dolphins, seals, Golden Retrievers
Kyle- Wright Brothers
Manaal- tigers
Hartleigh- spiders, Wright Brothers
Oliver- animals, climate change (we need to narrow this down)
Arabella- kangaroos
Vanessa- puppies, koalas, panda bears, dolphins
Blanca-dolphins, puppies, penguins
Ana Sofia- King Tut
Linn- birds
Dhruv-the Wright Brothers
Eliza-Dogs
Grace-horses and ponies
Jack-cars
Becket- Inventions/Inventors
Myla- Dolphins
Lily- still need to narrow down- animals
Sebastian-archaeology
Brodie- George Washington
Sophia- Dolphins
Students carried the non-fiction theme into writers workshop this week. Students were encouraged to think of topics that interested them. Once students had chosen several topics they then needed to pose questions about those topics in their writers ws notebooks. Topics they had no questions about fell to the side, and the topics students had less knowledge of became their topic for research. Students made notes in their books using stickies and then practiced putting those notes into their own words. Students began making a special "non-fiction notes" book specifically for their research which they can add pages to as they continue to discover more information about their topics.
This is the list of non-fiction topics the students made:
Oscar- inventors, science, Albert Einstein
Sarea- puppies, dolphins, seals, Golden Retrievers
Kyle- Wright Brothers
Manaal- tigers
Hartleigh- spiders, Wright Brothers
Oliver- animals, climate change (we need to narrow this down)
Arabella- kangaroos
Vanessa- puppies, koalas, panda bears, dolphins
Blanca-dolphins, puppies, penguins
Ana Sofia- King Tut
Linn- birds
Dhruv-the Wright Brothers
Eliza-Dogs
Grace-horses and ponies
Jack-cars
Becket- Inventions/Inventors
Myla- Dolphins
Lily- still need to narrow down- animals
Sebastian-archaeology
Brodie- George Washington
Sophia- Dolphins
Math Workshop
In math workshop this week students chose just right math work. Some students are looking for more challenging work and others are working with mastering math facts. Students had choices of building flash cards, working with ones, tens, and hundreds blocks or addition and subtraction worksheets to master regrouping. Other students chose word problems to master reasoning. Later in the week students participated in a math facts game and enjoyed the interactive ball component of the game.
In math workshop this week students chose just right math work. Some students are looking for more challenging work and others are working with mastering math facts. Students had choices of building flash cards, working with ones, tens, and hundreds blocks or addition and subtraction worksheets to master regrouping. Other students chose word problems to master reasoning. Later in the week students participated in a math facts game and enjoyed the interactive ball component of the game.