In reading and writing we have been working on comparing and contrasting the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. We did this by exploring gingerbread person stories. We read the original Gingerbread Man story, Gingerbread Man Loose in the School, The Gingerbread girl, The Gingerbread Pirates, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, and The Ninjabread Man. We compared and contrasted the characters in each book (who chases the gingerbread person), the tagline (“run run as fast as you can…”), and the ending (did the gingerbread person get tricked and eaten or did they survive). Then, students used their knowledge or sequencing events and their expertise on gingerbread stories to create their own gingerbread person stories. The students were creative when choosing their own characters, tagline, and ending to their story. When students were finished with their gingerbread stories they were able to practice reading their own writing and publish their work by sharing it with the class in the form of a puppet show! It was so fun to hear so many innovative stories, the students really used their imaginations to create gingerbread masterpieces! Holiday traditions project is due Wednesday December 18th
Friday the 20th students can wear pajamas
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In math this week I was pre-assessing the class on the new shapes unit and we wrapped up our decomposing numbers unit. We will begin identifying and describing how many sides and corners these 2-D shapes have- square, rectangle, triangle, circle, rhombus (diamond), trapezoid, pentagon, and hexagon. At home, you can go on a 2-D shape hunt around the house and community! Discuss with students how many sides and corners these shapes have. Here are our math standards for our shapes unit: MGSEK.G.1. Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. MGSEK.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size. MGSEK.G.3. Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, “flat”) or three-dimensional (“solid”). Analyze, compare, create, and compose shapes. MGSEK.G.4. Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/“corners”) and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length). MGSEK.G.5. Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls) and drawing shapes. MGSEK.G.6. Compose simple shapes to form larger shapes. For example, “Can you join these two triangles with full sides touching to make a rectangle?” Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category. MGSEK.MD.3. Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count. During reading this week, students will continue to be assessed on their reading levels. We will also review our “Super Powers.” Students will work on building their reading stamina independently and work on IRead. During reading groups, we learned new reading super powers and now know: pointer power, reread power, partner power, picture power, sight word power, and sound power! What you can do at home: Read every night like you are working with a partner (sit side by side, have a book in the middle, read back and forth, etc.) and ask your child questions about what she/he is reading about. For students who need to work on letters and letter sounds, you can have students find letters around the house and ask them what sounds they make. This week we learned about Kwanzaa traditions and next week we will learn about Hanukkah traditions. The following week we will review Diwali traditions and learn about Christmas traditions. Speaking of Christmas traditions!! We learned about Christmas in England this week (our international day country of study) and we got to skype with my cousin Georgia who is from England. We got to hear her accent (which the kids got a kick out of! She told us all about Christmas pudding and mince pies) December Cookies for Character- I will be looking for students who demonstrate the learner profile open-minded.
The Learner Profile is: open-minded The Attitude is: tolerance Next week we will start our 10 day kindness countdown before winter break! Each day we will unwrap a gift to reveal a kind act for the day (: |
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