This week we were able to guess some clues and hear a story from Mr. Mucha! Thank you for being our mystery reader!
Literacy
We were able to engage in a new text to support our anchor text titled, "The Sun". This was another informational text so we spent more time continuing to work on key details and facts and text features. Below are some pictures of the tables we have been creating as a class as we work to better understand these concepts:
We were able to engage in a new text to support our anchor text titled, "The Sun". This was another informational text so we spent more time continuing to work on key details and facts and text features. Below are some pictures of the tables we have been creating as a class as we work to better understand these concepts:
Additionally, we were able to focus on the following vocabulary words from our text: The Sun Vocab. PDF.
Writing
This week students continued to work their informational writing prompt that connects to our ReadyGEN curriculum. Students worked on titling their space headings as questions and then adding more details to each page. Students learned that answering questions such as: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? can help them think of more details to add to each page so that the reader's questions are answered in their writing.
This week students continued to work their informational writing prompt that connects to our ReadyGEN curriculum. Students worked on titling their space headings as questions and then adding more details to each page. Students learned that answering questions such as: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? can help them think of more details to add to each page so that the reader's questions are answered in their writing.
Math
This week, students have focused on different strategies to add and subtract with greater fluency including "nifty nines" and "add or subtract 10". We have also started finding the missing number in a problem. Some examples of the types of problems we are solving look like this: _+3=17 or 12-_=4 or _-5=8. Students are also applying these skills to solving word problems that have missing numbers that need to be solved. Additionally, students have also been connecting addition and subtraction by developing fact families. Some examples would look like this:
9+7=16
7+9=16
16-9=7
16-7=9
Having an understanding of how addition and subtraction are related helps students with fact fluency and accuracy and when solving problems with missing numbers because they can simply move numbers around to make the problem make more sense for them to solve.
This week, students have focused on different strategies to add and subtract with greater fluency including "nifty nines" and "add or subtract 10". We have also started finding the missing number in a problem. Some examples of the types of problems we are solving look like this: _+3=17 or 12-_=4 or _-5=8. Students are also applying these skills to solving word problems that have missing numbers that need to be solved. Additionally, students have also been connecting addition and subtraction by developing fact families. Some examples would look like this:
9+7=16
7+9=16
16-9=7
16-7=9
Having an understanding of how addition and subtraction are related helps students with fact fluency and accuracy and when solving problems with missing numbers because they can simply move numbers around to make the problem make more sense for them to solve.
Science
In science students have been exploring the concept of sound. This week students worked with rubber bands and cups and a tongue depressor to explore sound and what causes it. Students quickly discovered that when the rubber band was tightly wrapped around the cup they could pluck it and that if the tongue depressor was placed on the table and the end was sticking off they could pluck that. Both made a sound and students could observe the vibrations that each "instrument" made. As a class we also created a table fiddle using a long string and tying it tightly to a leg. We noticed the change in pitch when the string was tightened and loosened.
Later in the week students engaged in sound using a tuning fork. Students learned more about what causes sound and pitch while exploring the tuning fork and what happened when it was placed in water (it was vibrating so it made splashed) or when it was placed next to a ping pong ball (it bounced the ball). Additionally, we watched some paper bounce around using a pitch machine to explore how the pitch changed the way the paper moved.
In science students have been exploring the concept of sound. This week students worked with rubber bands and cups and a tongue depressor to explore sound and what causes it. Students quickly discovered that when the rubber band was tightly wrapped around the cup they could pluck it and that if the tongue depressor was placed on the table and the end was sticking off they could pluck that. Both made a sound and students could observe the vibrations that each "instrument" made. As a class we also created a table fiddle using a long string and tying it tightly to a leg. We noticed the change in pitch when the string was tightened and loosened.
Later in the week students engaged in sound using a tuning fork. Students learned more about what causes sound and pitch while exploring the tuning fork and what happened when it was placed in water (it was vibrating so it made splashed) or when it was placed next to a ping pong ball (it bounced the ball). Additionally, we watched some paper bounce around using a pitch machine to explore how the pitch changed the way the paper moved.
We were also able to engage in some life science activities in the greenhouse this week. We made some observations on our (now) thriving class plant that seemed to be dead about 1 month ago! We also were able to harvest and taste some cherry tomatoes from our tomato bushes!
Upcoming Events
Thursday, April 18th: Early release, students dismissed at 1:00pm.
Friday, April 19th: No school
Monday, April 22nd: No school
Thursday, April 18th: Early release, students dismissed at 1:00pm.
Friday, April 19th: No school
Monday, April 22nd: No school