Happy Thanksgiving to everyone, I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. Just a quick update on what we're working on this week. The students will continue with their graphing unit in math and showing the various way they can explain their findings. I'm going to encourage them to start thinking of questions they can ask for a final project. We will be starting a mathematics dictionary in our class that all students can access when needed, I'm going to try and find a way to link it online so students (and of course parents) can access it from home. What I mean by a mathematics dictionary is that I want all students to start using the proper mathematics language in class and their work. For example, instead of saying 'plus' and 'take away' we will say 'addition' and 'subtraction'. The more we use the language the more it will stick!
Also our buddy class this year is Mrs. Smith's kindergarten class. The students are so excited to be mentors to them and we just had our first meeting last week where our class explained and showed them to how log on and navigate the web using our computers. The students showed the kindergarten class some of the Arctic research they have been working on the past few weeks. For our next meeting our class is going to choose an Arctic animal from this website:
They will spend the week asking questions about the animal and searching for the information to answer their questions. By our next meeting the students in our class will have enough information to share with our buddies in Mrs. Smith's class and will work on an art project together. If students are interested in doing some work on their chosen animal at home I encourage them to do so! They are more then welcome to share their findings with the class.
For the last few weeks students have had 5 new words of the week. We have been working on understanding the words and how they can be used in different sentences. At the beginning of every week the students write down the 5 new words in their agendas. Some students have even been writing sentences and paragraphs at home, then sharing with the class the next day.
It will be a short week but a busy one! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in class tomorrow.
Ms. Q
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