Language Arts
Our read alouds this week focused on non-fiction online sources around the topic of Maine mammal behaviour! We learned so much! Our reading strategy focus was expanding our vocabulary with interesting words and checking for understanding. When we came across a tricky word, we would check the context of the sentence to see if we could come up with a more simple word that means the same thing. The students were actively engaged in all of the articles and thoroughly enjoyed watching the related videos afterwards, often during snack time.
Here are the links below, in case they are eager to share the stories with you!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140311-paul-nicklen-leopard-seal-photographer-viral/
During writing, we continued to explore using a variety of sentence starters. Last week we covered what and how (ing) sentences. Here are a few student samples!
How (ing)
Grazing, the black bear searched for berries.
Relaxing, the orca rubbed it's belly on the smooth pebbles.
Trudging, the grizzly lumbered to his den.
What
Two mice scrambled away from the cat!
Orcas showed off for the whale watchers.
Wooden toy mice were lined up on the shelf.
This week we will finish up with our last new sentence starter, who. Then, we will practice switching between the six different types of question word sentence starters. This will prepare the students for transferring this new skill into their story writing in the coming weeks.
Math
After introducing the open number line method as our first strategy for answering multi-digit addition questions last week, we will be focusing on two other strategies this week. The two methods that we will be working with are the expanded form or break apart method and the traditional algorithm. Feel free to watch the video below to see the break apart strategy in action!
After all three strategies have been introduced, students will be able to choose which strategy works best for them.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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