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Reading/Language Arts
We read the first story in our new Common Core reading series called, "The Twin Club." Students learned about different types of communities - city, suburb, and rural. It was a perfect segue to the first unit in our Social Studies series as well. Students will be identifying elements of all three types of settings in the upcoming week.
For grammar, they worked on understanding components of a complete sentence. A complete sentence is a full message which has a capital and proper punctuation. Students practiced the concept through a sticky note activity. They each got a complete or incomplete sentence on a sticky note. Then they had to come up and stick it under the correct chart heading. They needed to identify that if it was a complete sentence, it included capitalization, proper punctuation, and it wasn't a fragment. Out of the 35 notes we had, they only got two wrong! That is great! Plus, it was a good thing that some were wrong because it became a teachable moment as to why the sentence wasn't correct.
We read the first story in our new Common Core reading series called, "The Twin Club." Students learned about different types of communities - city, suburb, and rural. It was a perfect segue to the first unit in our Social Studies series as well. Students will be identifying elements of all three types of settings in the upcoming week.
For grammar, they worked on understanding components of a complete sentence. A complete sentence is a full message which has a capital and proper punctuation. Students practiced the concept through a sticky note activity. They each got a complete or incomplete sentence on a sticky note. Then they had to come up and stick it under the correct chart heading. They needed to identify that if it was a complete sentence, it included capitalization, proper punctuation, and it wasn't a fragment. Out of the 35 notes we had, they only got two wrong! That is great! Plus, it was a good thing that some were wrong because it became a teachable moment as to why the sentence wasn't correct.
They started their first writing assignment which was a narrative paragraph. A narrative story is one where they talk about some aspect of their own lives. They wrote about a place they visited that they really enjoyed. We included the steps to the writing process. First, they brainstormed ideas. They used the five senses to outline what they saw, heard, tasted, touched, or smelled at the particular place. Next, they started a rough draft. They converted the notes into complete sentences. We also started getting acquainted with what a topic and closing sentence is for a paragraph, and that we need to indent new paragraphs. After editing, they started their final copies and next week they will finish it up.
Math
We are almost done with chapter 1, which is all about numeracy - the concept of numbers. They learned about expanded form, where they stretch out the number into tens and ones. For example, 45 is 40 + 5. They learned how to represent a number in a few different ways - expanded, standard, drawing tens and ones, and word form. They completed a few pages in their interactive notebooks, worked in small groups using white boards, and did an apple craftivity to represent the numbers. In the apple craftivity, they each received an apple template that was split into five pieces. They represented a number 5 different ways, cut all the pieces apart, and put them back together on construction paper with the title, "Any Way You Slice It." Putting the puzzle pieces together proved quite a challenge for a few!! :)
Math
We are almost done with chapter 1, which is all about numeracy - the concept of numbers. They learned about expanded form, where they stretch out the number into tens and ones. For example, 45 is 40 + 5. They learned how to represent a number in a few different ways - expanded, standard, drawing tens and ones, and word form. They completed a few pages in their interactive notebooks, worked in small groups using white boards, and did an apple craftivity to represent the numbers. In the apple craftivity, they each received an apple template that was split into five pieces. They represented a number 5 different ways, cut all the pieces apart, and put them back together on construction paper with the title, "Any Way You Slice It." Putting the puzzle pieces together proved quite a challenge for a few!! :)
Science and Social Studies
Chapter 1 in science was all about the needs of living things. We finished it up rather quickly. Students learned about the needs of animals and the needs of plants. They completed some interactive science notebook pages to understand concepts.
We started the first unit in Social Studies. The first lesson was about being a responsible citizen. Citizens have to follow rules and have to take care of their community. They learned that they each belong to many communities and have different roles they play. Students did an activity where they had to sort out what good citizens do vs. what citizens shouldn't do.
Chapter 1 in science was all about the needs of living things. We finished it up rather quickly. Students learned about the needs of animals and the needs of plants. They completed some interactive science notebook pages to understand concepts.
We started the first unit in Social Studies. The first lesson was about being a responsible citizen. Citizens have to follow rules and have to take care of their community. They learned that they each belong to many communities and have different roles they play. Students did an activity where they had to sort out what good citizens do vs. what citizens shouldn't do.
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Alhamdullilah for a great week.
-Sr. Amna-