Saturday, November 17, 2018

Highlights of the Week

We are still reading picture books like crazy.  Over 500 read in the last 3 weeks!

We use "What's My Rule" machines to practice following patterns, identifying patterns and number relationships and being able to do functions back and forth (addition/subtraction).

Students are using their "Quick Words" all the time now to find correct spellings to use as they write.

We are learning to identify character traits in literature and be able to describe a character after thinking about how they act, speak and think.

Students are using this planning sheet to plot out each new adventure in their realistic fiction series.

One of our goals in writing is to write "down the page" across a lot of pages.  This helps encourage writers to elaborate on their topics with details and dialogue and action.

The kids are having a ball creating adventures in their realistic fiction series.  They remember this unit from grade one and are building on prior learning with their new writing techniques.

In conjunction with our learning in reading workshop, we are thinking about the main character in our series and deciding what type of person he/she is before writing.



This young writer has all his tools out during writing workshop to help him reach his writing goals.


We spent two days learning a new strategy called "Going Up and Back Through 10."  Using 10 as a "friendly number" helps students make use of their mental math strategies to solve problems in their heads.  They impressed me with their mental manipulation of numbers!

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