Students talked about being resilient. We watched a skit called Shrinking Sebastian. Ask your student what they learned from the Actor Educators, Megan and Nathan.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Friday, December 5, 2014
CLIMB Theater and Special Speaker
Today we watched a play called Caudia VS. The Trashinator, put on by CLIMB Theater. The students learned about environmental conservation. The City of Lakeville sponsored the Theater's visit.
Our guest speaker, Joey Novak, came today. He talked with the kids about his job working with state legislators. He reinforced concepts we are learning about in social studies. He sees the three branches of government working together at the state level, first hand. The kids had some great questions for him. We had an interesting conversation with him. The kids seemed to really enjoy his visit.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Important Dates . . .
Tuesday, Dec. 9 -- CLIMB Theater classroom presentation on Resilience
Thursday, Dec. 18 -- 3rd Grade concert at 2:30 and 6:00 pm
Friday, Dec. 19 -- Winter Party and Service Project 2:45-3:45 pm
Wednesday, Dec. 24 - Friday, Jan. 2 -- Winter Break, No School
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Supply and Demand
Students listened intently to a lesson on Supply and Demand. (Perhaps using left over Halloween candy for a demonstration helped the students focus intently on what was being said.) We had a great discussion about supply and demand. Based on their comments and questions the students were better understanding: goods, services, supply and demand.
Classroom Update - Learning Targets
Math: In math we are testing on our Number and ID pathway.
Students have been working on these targets:
Literacy: In literacy we are discussing "Questioning" while reading our literature books. We are specifically working on asking "thick" questions (rather than "thin" questions) while reading text. Students are learning that asking questions while they read helps them to better understand their reading.
Spelling: We took a spelling break over the Thanksgiving week. The kids will be taking a spelling screening test this week. The kids will be placed in spelling groups that meet their personalized spelling learning goals. I will let your student know on Thursday this week what spelling list they will be working on.
Science: We finished our unit on Life Science. The students loved working with the mealworms. We have the mealworms in our room happily wiggling around in their plastic bin with oats and bran flakes. The kids are keeping an eye on the mealworms as they progress through their life-cycles right before their eyes. Many worms are in their pupa stage; however, several have already progressed to their beetle form.
Social Studies: We started a social studies unit on Government and Economics. We started by talking about Veterans' Day, and the four branches of government. Now we are learning a little about goods, services, supply and demand. We are having a special speaker come to talk with our students on Friday. Joey Novak a past Lakeville graduate, and a recent graduate of Harvard University, will come and talk about government with the kids. He works directly with the state legislators and sees first hand how the 3 branches of government work together at the state level. I cannot wait to hear what he has to say. I am sure the students will have some thoughtful questions for him too.
Students have been working on these targets:
- rounding to the nearest 10
- rounding to the nearest 100
- rounding to the nearest 1,000
- ordering numbers (numbers up to 5 digits) least to greatest
- estimating sums and differences
- introduction of fractions
We are also starting the screening process for our Real World Problem Solving pathway (multi-digit addition and subtraction, and word problems). Students will be placed in groups that meet their personal math needs, based on the screeners they take.
Spelling: We took a spelling break over the Thanksgiving week. The kids will be taking a spelling screening test this week. The kids will be placed in spelling groups that meet their personalized spelling learning goals. I will let your student know on Thursday this week what spelling list they will be working on.
Science: We finished our unit on Life Science. The students loved working with the mealworms. We have the mealworms in our room happily wiggling around in their plastic bin with oats and bran flakes. The kids are keeping an eye on the mealworms as they progress through their life-cycles right before their eyes. Many worms are in their pupa stage; however, several have already progressed to their beetle form.
Social Studies: We started a social studies unit on Government and Economics. We started by talking about Veterans' Day, and the four branches of government. Now we are learning a little about goods, services, supply and demand. We are having a special speaker come to talk with our students on Friday. Joey Novak a past Lakeville graduate, and a recent graduate of Harvard University, will come and talk about government with the kids. He works directly with the state legislators and sees first hand how the 3 branches of government work together at the state level. I cannot wait to hear what he has to say. I am sure the students will have some thoughtful questions for him too.
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