There were some behavior hiccups that required us sitting down and having a long discussion. Hopefully we do not have to have another one. However, if we do we will also take some time out of the day to practice rules, and expectations again like the first week of school. Outside of that things are great and we're moving along perfectly.
Math: The new topic threw them for a loop. We've spent so much time with multiplication and division that adding and subtracting seemed very foreign to them. We actually spent two days on lesson one instead of the one day because they struggled with not only getting the bar diagrams, but also with estimation and doing the actual adding and subtracting. However, after day two they all seemed to pretty much understand it. Today, we did a similar lesson where they were doing 2-step word problems but with multiplication and division. Surprisingly this lesson went A LOT smoother and I think it is because we've seen so much time multiplying and dividing that it is becoming second nature. This topic is pretty short, with it only having 4 lessons. We will spend an extra day on lesson 3, as it involves them using all four operations in one lesson. Reading: We have a very compact and complex week ahead of us. Since we were off Monday, we are a day behind on our subject areas. To offset the reading curriculum, I plan to do a lot of the heavy loaded things together in class. Which will result in reading homework being very slim. If this process works for us, then I will work out a plan similar for the rest of the year. However, the work that is not finished does come home as homework per school policy as stated during curriculum night. The essential question for the week is, "how do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat?" Today we talked about different animals such as bears and birds, and we read about gray wolfs and red foxes. We will spend time with comparing and contrasting using Venn diagrams. We will also practice using context clues to help us understand what we do not know. In grammar we will look at main and helping verbs. I noticed that they are still struggling with paragraph formation and answering something completely in a paragraph, so they will have writing homework on Thursday. Social Studies: We've started our small in class project that they will have finished by tomorrow and it'll be up on the bulletin board by Friday. They are working with a partner to research a person given to them (Sojourner Truth, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., Mary Mcleod Bethune, W.E.B Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, Coretta Scott King, Lewis Howard Latimer, Daniel Hale Williams) After collecting the information, they then compiled the information into a paragraph. They will then create a small 11x17 poster for their person using the picture provided and the information found. They are given creative freedom so they are allowed to add anything that is appropriate to their poster. After they go up, I will be sure to take pictures and post them on classdojo. Important Dates:
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