5-1 is up and running!! I feel very lucky to be our class' teacher this year! Your children are unbelievably AMAZING!! They have received compliments from just about every staff member at Patton School! I am so impressed and also very confident that this strong community we are already building will help keep everyone motivated throughout this exciting year!
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK: 💡
MATH:
We officially began math last week with Chapter 1: Whole Numbers and the Four Operations. Students explored place value and numbers to 10,000,000. We also practiced writing numbers in standard, word, and expanded form, and reviewed how to multiply numbers by 10.
READING WORKSHOP:
Over the last week, our whole class instruction has focused on the first Notice & Note Literary Signposts: Contrasts and Contradictions.
We used the text "Thank You, Ma'm" to examine Contrasts and Contradictions; when you're reading and a character says or does something that contradicts what he has been saying or doing all along. We learned to ask ourselves the question, "Why is the character doing that?" to help make a prediction or inference about the plot and conflict.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
Writer's workshop is off to a great start! Our focus last week was on gathering writing ideas for our own writing. Using inspiring authors as examples, students wrote freely about personal topics of interest.
SCIENCE:
Our study of Earth in Space began last week! We kicked off the unit by exploring evidence to support the claim that the shape of the Earth is round.
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS: 📌
MATH:
We will continue moving through Chapter 1. This week's lessons will focus on multiplying and dividing whole numbers 10, 100, and 1000.
READING WORKSHOP:
Our study of the Notice and Note Literary Signposts will continue this week! Students will examine Aha Moments and Tough Questions.
WRITER'S WORKSHOP:
We will continue to build our writing community this week. Students will explore ideas from poetry, as well as their own lives to write about.
SCIENCE:
Earth in Space will continue this week as we construct arguments and models for the shape of the earth.
UPCOMING EVENTS: 📆
Tuesday, 9/10: BAND LESSONS BEGIN!!
Thursday, 9/12: Reading MAP Test (am)
Parent Curriculum Night
Wednesday, 9/18: Math MAP Test (am)
MATH:
We officially began math last week with Chapter 1: Whole Numbers and the Four Operations. Students explored place value and numbers to 10,000,000. We also practiced writing numbers in standard, word, and expanded form, and reviewed how to multiply numbers by 10.
READING WORKSHOP:
Over the last week, our whole class instruction has focused on the first Notice & Note Literary Signposts: Contrasts and Contradictions.
We used the text "Thank You, Ma'm" to examine Contrasts and Contradictions; when you're reading and a character says or does something that contradicts what he has been saying or doing all along. We learned to ask ourselves the question, "Why is the character doing that?" to help make a prediction or inference about the plot and conflict.
WRITERS' WORKSHOP:
Writer's workshop is off to a great start! Our focus last week was on gathering writing ideas for our own writing. Using inspiring authors as examples, students wrote freely about personal topics of interest.
SCIENCE:
Our study of Earth in Space began last week! We kicked off the unit by exploring evidence to support the claim that the shape of the Earth is round.
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS: 📌
MATH:
We will continue moving through Chapter 1. This week's lessons will focus on multiplying and dividing whole numbers 10, 100, and 1000.
READING WORKSHOP:
Our study of the Notice and Note Literary Signposts will continue this week! Students will examine Aha Moments and Tough Questions.
WRITER'S WORKSHOP:
We will continue to build our writing community this week. Students will explore ideas from poetry, as well as their own lives to write about.
SCIENCE:
Earth in Space will continue this week as we construct arguments and models for the shape of the earth.
UPCOMING EVENTS: 📆
Tuesday, 9/10: BAND LESSONS BEGIN!!
Thursday, 9/12: Reading MAP Test (am)
Parent Curriculum Night
Wednesday, 9/18: Math MAP Test (am)
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