Literacy
On Friday we finished The Trouble With Chickens. The students really enjoyed the novel and I was able to witness some growth in usage of some comprehension strategies! It was great to hear the students making the connections and predictions independently, without me prompting them!
Reading conferences are going well and student reading levels are progressing nicely. Mrs. C and I enjoy this opportunity each day to witness a growth of reading confidence and reading strategy use within the students.
All of the students in 3C have enjoyed writing in their journals each week! It's nice to see a group of students so eager that they are disappointed when we don't have journal writing. We've continued our focused writing lessons on writing complete sentences and properly organized paragraphs.
Our Working With Words time is being spent focusing on long and short vowel sounds in addition to looking at r controlled vowels. The students are all doing very well in both our Making Words and Using Words You Know activities!
Numeracy
We have continued our Place Value/Number Sense unit by looking at comparing and ordering numbers. We have discussed the greater than (>) and less than (<) signs. I believe that it is really important that the students understand the meaning of these signs instead of just "having the alligator eat the biggest number." When they are comparing two numbers, they should ask themselves, "does greater than or less than go in the blank to make the sentence true?"
Example:
754 ___ 768
Which statement is true:
754 is greater than 768 OR 754 is less than 768
754 < 768
Science
We have recently finished up our unit on Rocks and Minerals! The students LOVED it! They will be bringing home their Rocks and Mineral Lapbooks soon!
Social Studies
We are starting our first country study this week! We are going to be learning all about the quality of life in India!
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