We are having fun in math workshop. Math typically begins with a short mini lesson where the skill is introduced, and students get to practice the skill with my support. Then, we break into our small groups, which are formed based on their understanding of the skill. All groups get more individualized practiced with me, and they engage in hands on or technology based activities with their group when not meeting with me. Also, students are provided with problem solving and real world math problems to work on during math workshop. We are almost finished with chapter one, and the students have done very well with it. Study guides went home last week, and we will be having our test on Tuesday. If you study with your child and sign their study guide, they will receive a small amount of extra credit on their test.
Here is one of the activities that students did where they shaded in their initials in a grid. Then, they practiced writing decimals and word form of fractions based on the number of squares they colored in of each color.
One of the activities students worked on in math this week was creating the perfect schedule for their school day. They had certain requirements to meet, and they came up with some very creative ideas!
Our class of writers is continuing to work on personal narratives. Some students are struggling with ideas for small moments in their life. Ask your child what some of their ideas are, and maybe you can help them brainstorm a few other specific moments in their life that they could write about. Last week, we examined many examples of small moments. Students also made goals to focus on in their personal narratives. They will be working on these goals this coming week.
In reading groups, we have been focusing on quality answers when responding to text. Quality answers include using PQPA (part of the question in part of the answer) to restate the question, as well as using text evidence to support answers. Using evidence from the text is extremely important this year. We are learning how to quote the evidence that we find in the story. Complete sentences, capitalization, and punctuation are also a big part of quality answers.
We have been learning to write a testable question and a hypothesis in science. We also learned about the three variables in an investigation. Our first investigation will be this week, where we will test our question: Which Oreo sinks the fastest? Results will follow soon!
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