Hi everyone!
This weekend we turn our clocks back an hour, so we gain an hour of sleep ! I think this is a gift from the Red Sox for all of those late night games! We had another busy and productive week in Room 15! In Math we wrapped up Topic 3 - Multiplication of Whole Numbers with some work with word problems and also learned to multiply 4 digits by 2 digits as well as 3 digits by 3 digits! Students have been exposed to three different strategies to help them solve problems and it's been great to see them choosing to use two each time, using the second strategy as a check! Yes, this takes a little more time for them, but they have realized it helps them find simple computation errors they may have missed without trying the second strategy. They have also made "friends" with graph paper, realizing how much it helps them stay organized as we move to working with larger numbers. A big thank you to Ms. Pagnani for sharing lots of new math games with us to help us become more solid with estimation and multiplying larger numbers! Study guides have been given out and we will review on Monday and Tuesday for our Assessment on Wednesday. From here we will move onto Division of whole numbers! In Reading we continue to dive into theme and how character reactions within novels can help us figure out themes! We also continue to look for signposts as we read and jot down questions we have or things that perhaps surprise us or make us wonder. As a class we are reading The Sign of the Beaver a great novel about a young boy and his adventures as he meets up with members of the Beaver tribe. This novel ties in nicely with our Social Studies work right now as we are studying the Native American Cultural Regions. Students will be picking a tribe to research and will create a flip book that shows their knowledge of the food, clothing, shelter, location and artifacts/games of each tribe. More information will be sent home about this project next week. We have been editing like professionals this past week learning how to find "invigorating verbs" to replace some of the old faithfuls (said, ran, got, went), create new leads to hook our readers and are now focused on tying everything together with strong conclusions. Students are working with Google Docs which is great practice for them. They will receive comments online and suggestions to add/edit for grammar and content from both a peer as well as myself. We are looking forward to celebrating our hard work with you on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th at 8:20am. Please mark your calendars to stop by and see our original drafts and all the work we have done to bring our stories to publication! We have finished up our work on Matter in Science and will be preparing for an assessment next Thursday. Students have created Google Slides for all of the vocabulary in the chapter and we will be reviewing key concepts throughout next week to prepare them. A study guide will go home on Monday. As you can see, we have been very busy! We did find the time to have some fun while we were learning as well - especially on Halloween when we solved a Halloween Exemplar to keep our problem solving skills in check! We also did a fun activity as we estimated the number of skittles needed to fill a large Mason Jar. Students have been doing a nice job challenging each other with estimates and their justifications. It's great to see them using math language as they explain their reasoning! Next week we start parent conferences! Thanks to those of you that have chosen a spot. I look forward to meeting with everyone to discuss your child's progress and remind you that I would love it if your child joined in on our conference as we talk about goals for the year. If you have not yet chosen a spot - please use the link below. https://goo.gl/forms/j0knUrw2nwso9Diy2 Thank you, as always, for supporting our classroom of learners! Have a wonderful weekend! Maura Questions to start a discussion:
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