La Lectura
This week we read the story Rugby y Rosy. This is a great story about two dogs getting used to each other and then one dog leaving to go into training and then work as a seeing-eye service dog. Our learning objectives this week were to:
- identify and use helping verbs in sentences
- identify varying sentences formats and create our own
- read fluently as a whole group, in pairs, and individually
- write cursive letters Ss and Pp
- Test on spelling words with H (a silent letter in Spanish).
- Add to their autobiography timeline
Next week we will have a special guest on Tuesday. Joy Ross is a local mom and YouTuber who went blind 12 years ago. She will come in to share her experience with her first and second guide dogs.
Las matemáticas
We worked on front-end estimation to see if our calculations are reasonable answers or not. We identified the dígito principal in vary8ing numbers in order to correctly estimate. We then completed our unit on Mental Math with Rounding. Students were tested in a non-traditional format: on prodigy.
Our next unit will be on addition facts up to 10,000. Students should be beyond using their fingers at this point! We will bring back out some addition timed tests to check their fact fluency. Flashcards are always helpful if your kiddo needs a refresher.
This week we spent our time researching and taking notes on that research. Students are encouraged to properly document when they find information outside of school too.
Science
- Describe tools and methods used to study space and share information
- Identify and use vocabulary important to the process of science
- Describe the life and contributions of Mae Jemison
What an amazing night we had viewing the moon, Jupiter and Saturn! Thanks for braving the cold and coming out to view our solar system!
History & Geography
- Explain how rivers help people trade with each other
- Understand the meaning of the following vocabulary: toll, network, canal
Character Education
Continuing with our Teamwork and Cooperation theme we discussed how they had used cooperation in school during the last week and at our Field Trip.
Students also practiced their cooperation skills to recreate scenes from last week’s cooperation video.
The class was also given the task to cooperatively get an exercise ball from one side of the room to the other, with every student touching the ball at some point, no hands, and the ball could not touch the floor. It was very interesting to see and hear the cooperation! Bossing does NOT equal cooperation! They were successful using two different methods!