We all need to remember to smile, no matter what is going on around us. The students all learned that today. Despite the other things that people are saying or doing around you, you always need to take a second to smile! :)
Morning Journal: If you could interview Thomas Jefferson, what would you ask him about?
Morning Math: Elapsed Time, Fractions, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Patterns
Math: FRACTIONS!! Today we looked at comparing and ordering fractions. This time we looked at fractions when the numerator is more than one. The students struggled with this concept today, so I am going to reteach the lesson tomorrow. Today, I sent home a review of labeling the shaded parts of a fraction. We will have a quiz tomorrow on parts of a whole, recognizing fractions, and comparing fractions with the numerator as one.
Reading: This week's skills and strategies focus are: reader's purpose, details, compare and contrast, context clues. Today we looked at the vocabulary in the passage and how to figure out the meanings of words using the context clues in the text.
Report cards come home Thursday!!
AR assembly is this Friday!!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
100th Anniversary of the Titanic!
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic! I have been reading the "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic" to the students. Today we started a discussion about the Titanic and what happened to this ship. The students were so interested, that I decided Friday will be Titanic Day! We are going to learn about all things Titanic. I am going to teach about the sinking of the ship through math, reading, and SS.
Morning Journal: It's National Airplane Day! Would you like to fly in an airplane? Imagine that you are the first kid pilot, describe your travels.
Morning Math: Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
Math: FRACTIONS!!! Today we learned how to put fractions in order from least to greatest and greatest to least. We went over the correct answers to the morning math test from Friday.
Reading: We practiced identifying the genre of a story. We looked at the QAR's for this week's passage.
Report cards come home on Thursday!
AR assembly is this Friday. The time will be announced soon.
The following tests came home today: Morning Math Week 24, "How to Make a Kite" passage and vocabulary test.
Morning Journal: It's National Airplane Day! Would you like to fly in an airplane? Imagine that you are the first kid pilot, describe your travels.
Morning Math: Place Value, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication
Math: FRACTIONS!!! Today we learned how to put fractions in order from least to greatest and greatest to least. We went over the correct answers to the morning math test from Friday.
Reading: We practiced identifying the genre of a story. We looked at the QAR's for this week's passage.
Report cards come home on Thursday!
AR assembly is this Friday. The time will be announced soon.
The following tests came home today: Morning Math Week 24, "How to Make a Kite" passage and vocabulary test.
Friday, April 13, 2012
TGIF!!
Thank Goodness It's Friday! I know the students are probably ready for a break. We have not had a special since Monday and we have been learning at a high speed. I sent home a few review sheets for reading, math, and one for third grade. I hope this helps you prepare your child for the EOGs in May. The EOGs will be the week of May 14th. I will send a more exact schedule soon.
Morning Journal: Design a kite. Explain how to make the kite in step by step directions. Draw a picture of your kite.
Math: FRACTIONS! I introduced comparing fractions. We looked very closely at how you need to pay attention to the denominator and think about how many pieces it has been split into. The bigger the denominator, the smaller the piece. We will review this concept on Monday and add in ordering fractions.
Reading: We took the test on our passage and this week's vocabulary.
Morning Journal: Design a kite. Explain how to make the kite in step by step directions. Draw a picture of your kite.
Math: FRACTIONS! I introduced comparing fractions. We looked very closely at how you need to pay attention to the denominator and think about how many pieces it has been split into. The bigger the denominator, the smaller the piece. We will review this concept on Monday and add in ordering fractions.
Reading: We took the test on our passage and this week's vocabulary.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Field Day!!
Field day was a lot of fun and our students represented Mexico well in the Pineville Olympic games.
Morning Journal: Create a kite. Write a how to on making your kite. Describe what it will look like and how it works. Draw a picture of your kite.
Morning Math: Pictograph, Patterns, Estimating Sums
Math: FRACTIONS!! We continued parts of a set and tomorrow we will focus on how to compare fractions.
Reading: Tomorrow we will complete the following directions passage that we have worked on all week. This will be there reading grade, instead of the Imagine It test. They will also take a vocabulary test on all the words for this week. The students have a passage with questions to answer that is due tomorrow.
Morning Journal: Create a kite. Write a how to on making your kite. Describe what it will look like and how it works. Draw a picture of your kite.
Morning Math: Pictograph, Patterns, Estimating Sums
Math: FRACTIONS!! We continued parts of a set and tomorrow we will focus on how to compare fractions.
Reading: Tomorrow we will complete the following directions passage that we have worked on all week. This will be there reading grade, instead of the Imagine It test. They will also take a vocabulary test on all the words for this week. The students have a passage with questions to answer that is due tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Field Day Tomorrow!!
Field day is tomorrow from 10:30-12:35. If you would like to join us to cheer on our kids, you are more than welcome. Please make sure your child wears sneakers, sunscreen, and brings a water bottle with their name on it.
Morning Journal: It's National Guitar Day!!! What musical instrument do you like best and why?
Morning Math: Addition with Number Lines, Place Value, Multiplication
Math: FRACTIONS!! Today we focused on fractions as a part of a set. For example: What is the fraction for the number of dogs, if you have a set with three dogs and two cats? 3/5!
Imagine It: Skills and Strategies: Inference, Compare and Contrast, Text Organization, Author's Purpose, Sequence, Details, Context Clues.
Morning Journal: It's National Guitar Day!!! What musical instrument do you like best and why?
Morning Math: Addition with Number Lines, Place Value, Multiplication
Math: FRACTIONS!! Today we focused on fractions as a part of a set. For example: What is the fraction for the number of dogs, if you have a set with three dogs and two cats? 3/5!
Imagine It: Skills and Strategies: Inference, Compare and Contrast, Text Organization, Author's Purpose, Sequence, Details, Context Clues.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
It's Artist Day!
Morning Journal: Which one of the following artist is your favorite and why? Monet, Da Vinci, Michaelangelo, or Picasso. The students had pictures to look at and got to choose their favorite and describe why it was their favorite.
Morning Math: Place Value with Place Value Blocks, Elapsed Time, Multiplication, Patterns
Math: FRACTIONS!! Today we looked at the numerator and the denominator of a fraction in greater detail. We saw how the top number is ALWAYS the part and the bottom number is ALWAYS the whole. The students drew some pictures to go with fractions and labeled the fractions.
Reading: We looked at some of the skills and strategies that we have used this year such as: inferences, compare and contrast, sequence, author's purpose, details, text features, context clues. We saw how different questions can ask the same skill or strategy in a different way. We focused on some of the vocabulary in our passage and our questions. We practiced our fluency by reading the passage aloud.
Field Day: Thursday, April 12 at 10:30
Morning Math: Place Value with Place Value Blocks, Elapsed Time, Multiplication, Patterns
Math: FRACTIONS!! Today we looked at the numerator and the denominator of a fraction in greater detail. We saw how the top number is ALWAYS the part and the bottom number is ALWAYS the whole. The students drew some pictures to go with fractions and labeled the fractions.
Reading: We looked at some of the skills and strategies that we have used this year such as: inferences, compare and contrast, sequence, author's purpose, details, text features, context clues. We saw how different questions can ask the same skill or strategy in a different way. We focused on some of the vocabulary in our passage and our questions. We practiced our fluency by reading the passage aloud.
Field Day: Thursday, April 12 at 10:30
Monday, April 9, 2012
It's Mexico!
We had to pick a country to represent at the Pineville "Olympics: aka field day" on Thursday and we took a class vote and decided on Mexico. I had the students write a short paragraph about which country they would like to represent and why, then we had a class debate. The class took a vote and Mexico won by a land slide. We will create the Mexican flag tomorrow and wave them proudly at the opening games on Thursday at 10:30.
Morning Journal: I had a fantastic break. What did you do over your spring break? This quarter we have upped our sentence quota to twelve sentences per morning journal. This will fully prepare them to write a complete paper in fourth grade.
Morning Math: Expanded Form, 3-dimensional shapes, addition, subtraction, multiplication.
Math: FRACTIONS!!!! Today I introduced equal parts of a whole with the numerator being the top number of a fraction and the bottom number being the denominator. We looked at shapes split into halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, eighths, tenths, and twelfths. Fractions are always a difficult concept for students. Please review this each night with your child.
Reading: We looked at the genre of directions. We looked at the different QAR (Question, Answer, Relationships): Right There, On My Own, Think and Search, and Author and Me. We will continue to look more in depth at passages and how to apply all of the skills and strategies we have learned this school year.
AR: New goals are being set for the fourth and final quarter of the year. ALL of our students made their goals for the third quarter. Please come out and celebrate with us on Friday, April 20th.
Morning Journal: I had a fantastic break. What did you do over your spring break? This quarter we have upped our sentence quota to twelve sentences per morning journal. This will fully prepare them to write a complete paper in fourth grade.
Morning Math: Expanded Form, 3-dimensional shapes, addition, subtraction, multiplication.
Math: FRACTIONS!!!! Today I introduced equal parts of a whole with the numerator being the top number of a fraction and the bottom number being the denominator. We looked at shapes split into halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, eighths, tenths, and twelfths. Fractions are always a difficult concept for students. Please review this each night with your child.
Reading: We looked at the genre of directions. We looked at the different QAR (Question, Answer, Relationships): Right There, On My Own, Think and Search, and Author and Me. We will continue to look more in depth at passages and how to apply all of the skills and strategies we have learned this school year.
AR: New goals are being set for the fourth and final quarter of the year. ALL of our students made their goals for the third quarter. Please come out and celebrate with us on Friday, April 20th.
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