Today we celebrated Diamond's adoption with cupcakes and juice. We also had the chance to see her adoption ceremony on video and talk about the special parts of the day.
In math, the Red Rhinos worked on story problems that were in Spanish and in English. The story problems had information missing and extra information as well. We had to fill in the missing information and identify the information that was extra and then solve the problems. The Green Gators worked on subtraction problems and writing the equations for those problems.
In reading we read a funny poem about Thanksgiving and than wrote about our reactions and connections that we made with the poem. We also received our new words for word study that we'll be working with for the next 2 weeks and sorted those words. After that we did our Daily Five.
During writing, the Green Gators talked about how to add description to their writing and worked for a little while on the writing they want to publish. The Red Rhinos chose the work that they would like to have published and worked on those stories.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Friday, November 20th
In math, Red Rhino's number of the day was 42 and the Green Gator's was 27. We practiced making these totals with coins and equations. Green Gators worked on representing subtraction with circle drawings and equations using the minus sign. The Red Rhinos worked on subtraction using numbers in the teens. They practiced this skills by creating equations using number cards and solving them with partners.
Today we also talked about adoption in honor of Diamond's adoption day. Mrs. Gearhart came in and read us a story about adoption and we created cards for Diamond.
We took our word study assessment and glued our words into our word study notebook. We also performed our reader's theatre for the first time today!
Today we also talked about adoption in honor of Diamond's adoption day. Mrs. Gearhart came in and read us a story about adoption and we created cards for Diamond.
We took our word study assessment and glued our words into our word study notebook. We also performed our reader's theatre for the first time today!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, November 19th 2009
Today was a very busy and productive day. In the morning, our question of the day was: Cual es tu comida favorita para el Dia de Accion de Gracias? (What is your favorite food to eat for Thanksgiving? We learned that most of our friends like turkey the best, and we showed this using several mathematical equations. We showed this with 23 > 4, and 6 > 2, and used the words mas and menos to compare the two numbers.
After that, we practiced making words. Our english word for the day was volcanoes, and we made several words using the letters in the word volcanoes. In Spanish, our word was camisas, and we practiced making words like casa, masa, misa, etc. using those letters as well.
During Writing Workshop, the Green Gators got their very own personal word walls that they can use during Writing Workshop. We practiced looking for sight words on the word wall and using the correct spelling in our own stories! THe Red Rhinos practiced identifying describing words and we brainstormed our own for different things like a chair, the sky, and a day. We then read through our own writing and tried to find places where we could add a describing word.
In Math today, the Red Rhinos continued to practice solving word problems, using comparisons such as more than and less than, and showing them using proof drawings and equations to show our work. The Red Rhinos' number of the day was 41, and we practiced showing this number using coins and different addition and subtraction equations. The Green Gators number of the day was 26, and we showed this number using coins and addition and subtraction equations as well. We also practiced making number sentences and using the strategy of counting on by combining the total number of pancakes (paperplates) of two different classroom "chefs." We then practiced following physical directions and doing body and space activities, while also using the counting on strategy.
During Social Studies, we continued our discussion of communities. We sang the "All Around the Town" song and pointed out the different businesses and buildings that are part of a community. We then read a book called "Our Community" which described all different kinds of jobs and businesses that we can find in our community. In this book we used matching cards to group the different community members with their jobs.
After that, we practiced making words. Our english word for the day was volcanoes, and we made several words using the letters in the word volcanoes. In Spanish, our word was camisas, and we practiced making words like casa, masa, misa, etc. using those letters as well.
During Writing Workshop, the Green Gators got their very own personal word walls that they can use during Writing Workshop. We practiced looking for sight words on the word wall and using the correct spelling in our own stories! THe Red Rhinos practiced identifying describing words and we brainstormed our own for different things like a chair, the sky, and a day. We then read through our own writing and tried to find places where we could add a describing word.
In Math today, the Red Rhinos continued to practice solving word problems, using comparisons such as more than and less than, and showing them using proof drawings and equations to show our work. The Red Rhinos' number of the day was 41, and we practiced showing this number using coins and different addition and subtraction equations. The Green Gators number of the day was 26, and we showed this number using coins and addition and subtraction equations as well. We also practiced making number sentences and using the strategy of counting on by combining the total number of pancakes (paperplates) of two different classroom "chefs." We then practiced following physical directions and doing body and space activities, while also using the counting on strategy.
During Social Studies, we continued our discussion of communities. We sang the "All Around the Town" song and pointed out the different businesses and buildings that are part of a community. We then read a book called "Our Community" which described all different kinds of jobs and businesses that we can find in our community. In this book we used matching cards to group the different community members with their jobs.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Wednesday, November 18th
In math the red rhinos created a venn diagram, comparing flowers, pets, and a choice of our own. We also solved story problems. In math the green gators, practiced counting on from the bigger number and we played the quilt game.
In reading workshop, we picked "just right books" for our reading bags. Red Rhinos finished reading "Sheila Ray the Brave," and talked about how characters changed. The Green Gators chose to write about a characteristic of Weberly from the book we read yesterday. In handwriting we practiced the letter "u" and practiced using the handwriting paper. The Red Rhinos also practiced using the handwriting paper. We then read a read-aloud book called "The New Girl and Me" and made connections to our own experiences and other higher level thinking questions.
In reading workshop, we picked "just right books" for our reading bags. Red Rhinos finished reading "Sheila Ray the Brave," and talked about how characters changed. The Green Gators chose to write about a characteristic of Weberly from the book we read yesterday. In handwriting we practiced the letter "u" and practiced using the handwriting paper. The Red Rhinos also practiced using the handwriting paper. We then read a read-aloud book called "The New Girl and Me" and made connections to our own experiences and other higher level thinking questions.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 5th
What a GREAT learning day we had today. We started our morning with a Spanish morning meeting. After monring meeting we discussed our making words activity. We tried to make words from the letters in director (spanish) and covers (english). Ask your child what words they were able to make from these letters. After morning meeting, we started writng workshop. Today we learned the steps that a writer takes to write a minilesson. We learned that writers get an idea for what they would write from the lifebook, then get a picture of what we want to write in our mind. Next, we point to the pages and say what we will write, then we sketch our pictures, and finally we write our words. In reading workshop we once again worked to identify character traits.In math, the red rhinos came up with number sentences for the number 34 and practiced using a ruler. The green gators learned what an equation is and learned how to correctly use the equals and not equals sign. We ended our day with social studies and read aloud. Some students worked with Senorita Wesley to learn places in our community and to identify where we live, work, and play in the community. The students who worked with Mrs. Helfer reada non-ficition book that supports these ideas.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wednesday, November 4th
Today we learned what is air. Air is made up of invisible gases. In Math, we learned about rectangles, squares, and triangles. Rectangles have two longer sides and two shorter sides. A square has four equal sides and four corners. A triangle has three sides and three corners. Green Gators learned how to represent addition quickly threw drawings. We also worked on number of the day, 18 (even) and 33 (odd). In Writing workshop we practiced adding more detail to our pictures and stories. We also learned that writing never ends. When you're done, you've only just begun. We did our daily five and worked on thinking about our characters when we read. Describing them in detail, who they are, they're characteristics. We also talked about how we feel when we go to bed. The amount of people that our happy at bed time is greater than the number of people that are sad.
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