The week kind of got the best of me and it dawned on me this morning that I did not send out my Wednesday newsletter. I apologize for that.
The clip system seems to be working. Having that visual of okay I'm off task, seems to push them back in the right direction. I've noticed that the clip system has resulted in me not giving out many dojo points. So, I will try to get back into that. It was mentioned to me by a parent, that I should ask for Dojo Store donations. So, if you want to buy something for the store, feel free to do so. :) I'm sure the kiddos will be excited to get them. We had map testing all week, so we did not jump into anything new. Just reviewed what we've covered so we can become masters. We also had a visit from a storyteller, who told us a lot of cool stories using Pentaamine. He was here last year, and they were all excited to tell me about his previous. Math: We dived into our second unit, which is still focusing on multiplication. However, its focusing on certain factors to help them learn different properties. So far, we learned the tricks of multiplying by 2, 5, and 9. The 9's trick was a little confusing at first, but the more we did it, the better we got at it. We had a couple friends figure out what 22x9 was using the 9's trick. When learning about the factors 0 and 1, we learned about the identity property and zero property of multiplication. We also played our new favorite game, KABOOM! It is a very cool game, and it is helping us with our math fluency and recall ability. Social Studies: For social studies, I've just been going over the information from unit two. Last week, they were the teachers, and they gathered all of the information. I figured they would leave some stuff out, in which they did, so I picked up the slack. :) We covering people that have ties to immigration and migration. We're covering why people would migrate/immigrate. We also learned that some of the people that were immigrants, became very famous writers, artists, and musicians. We've looked at some of their work, and listened to some of their songs. On Tuesday, October 2, we will have our very first social studies test. Science: We completed our first science experiment! Our testable question was "can you make an egg bounce?" There were a lot of mixed answers but we put it to a test. They were broken into groups and each group was given two eggs. They then chose two out of the three options (vinegar, water, or coke) to place their eggs in. We learned that putting an egg in coke, just turns the shell brown, while vinegar can indeed make an egg bounce. Some groups learned that just because it bounces, doesn't mean its a ball, so the eggs popped. We walked through the scientific experiment together creating a hypothesis, procedures, collected data, and drew conclusions. We did get a little rowdy at the end, so we shall see how things go for our next experiment. Reading: In reading we reviewed similes, metaphors, subjects, and predicates. I did not want to introduce anything new because that would be too overwhelming with the language usage and reading map test. We learned a catchy simile and metaphors song, so if you hear them singing it, have them teach it to you. They are getting better at identifying metaphors and what things are being compared. Sometimes they confuse the two, but then I just have them sing the song. We listened to the song Mr. Grinch, and noticed that there were a bunch of metaphors. A few were surprised that many songs use similes and metaphors. Religion: In religion we are focusing on the important of God's word, keeping his word hidden in our hearts, and using His word as a guide. This week we started making our own wordless picture books on our favorite verse(s), chapter, or book in the Bible. They look amazing. When we finish them, I will be putting them up outside on the bulletin board. Important Dates:
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