Hello Families!
Along with a few curriculum beginnings this week, we also began a countdown chain. On Monday we had 42 days left of school, on Tuesday each student decorated two chains and I made a classroom link. Each morning we tear off a piece of the chain and watch it get shorter. Today was 38 more days left!! Wow!
In reading, we began our humor unit. I have begun to read Oggie Cooder to the kids. Each day we talk about what parts we found funny, why, and how to mark spots in the book that we would like to share with friends. On Monday, the kids will be getting their book club book. They will read a certain amount of chapters or pages that the group has agreed on, mark the funny areas they want to share, and then share and talk about the book when they meet.
In writing, we are beginning literary essays. The students are going to be expected to take a character quality or theme/lesson learned in a book of their choice, create a thesis statement, and be able to pull examples from the book to support the thesis statement. This week I read to the students my book choice. After the read aloud, we talked about what themes could be pulled from the story. I told them what theme I chose to write about and why. Over the next two days, the students poured through MANY picture books looking for their "perfect" book to write an essay on. We will officially begin writing on Monday!
In math we continued studying fractions; equivalent fractions, comparing them, mixed numbers, and using fractions in story problems and solving them. This has been a challenging unit for many of the students, so we will continue practicing right up to the Unit 8 test on Friday the 26th.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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