rHappy New Year! We started back with a bang! Welcome to our newest student, and birthday boy, John. His family moved here from Charlotte.
This week we're continuing our study of traditions with The Chinese New Year. We're using this topic to learn how to research a new topic then put the facts into our own words so others can learn from us. As a class, we're looking at multiple resources for information: videos, print the internet and ebooks to complare sources before writing a class 'All About Chinese New Year' book. Next week, the children will select their own topic to research and write an informational book using text features such as a table of contents and glossary. Look for a 'topic gathering sheet' in the Thursday Writing Folder tomorrow
New reading log this week-please search for text features in the non-fiction book and talk about what you've leared. Photographs can teach much more than words-compare the information learned in the photos vs the information learned in the words.
Math brings us to a geometry unit on shapes. The children will draw, name and compare 2D and 3D shapes by attributes (long/short sides, parallel sides, verticies, angles, faces and edges) You'll hear some fabulous shape descriptions!
Can you donate a box of crackers for our edible shape lesson? Sign-up here!
SNACK ALLERT.....oh my the snacks have gotten really sugary and sweet! Please do try to send ONE simple snack such as fruit, vegetables, crackers or low sugar cereal etc. Please no chocolate -snack has to nourish the brain, not drain the brain!
Have a wonderful weekend... snow?
This week we're continuing our study of traditions with The Chinese New Year. We're using this topic to learn how to research a new topic then put the facts into our own words so others can learn from us. As a class, we're looking at multiple resources for information: videos, print the internet and ebooks to complare sources before writing a class 'All About Chinese New Year' book. Next week, the children will select their own topic to research and write an informational book using text features such as a table of contents and glossary. Look for a 'topic gathering sheet' in the Thursday Writing Folder tomorrow
New reading log this week-please search for text features in the non-fiction book and talk about what you've leared. Photographs can teach much more than words-compare the information learned in the photos vs the information learned in the words.
Math brings us to a geometry unit on shapes. The children will draw, name and compare 2D and 3D shapes by attributes (long/short sides, parallel sides, verticies, angles, faces and edges) You'll hear some fabulous shape descriptions!
Can you donate a box of crackers for our edible shape lesson? Sign-up here!
SNACK ALLERT.....oh my the snacks have gotten really sugary and sweet! Please do try to send ONE simple snack such as fruit, vegetables, crackers or low sugar cereal etc. Please no chocolate -snack has to nourish the brain, not drain the brain!
Have a wonderful weekend... snow?