Monday, November 24, 2014

Week of Nov. 17

Events:
-Nov. 26 1 hr. early out
-Nov. 27 and 28 No School
-Dec. 3 1 hr. early out

-Dec. 11 7pm K-1 Holiday Concert

BUILD Groups: (continued)
(B) Buddy Games- Matching analog clocks to digital clocks.
(U) Using Manipulatives-Students can choose from a variety of games that focus on counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, as well as adding and subtracting.
(I) Independently Working- Students work independently at solving addition flashcards.
(L) Learning about Numbers- Students work in a small group working on problem solving strategies.
(D) Doing Math- Funbrain.com

Week in Review:
-We practiced retelling Make Way For Ducklings with puppets. 
-We finished unit 3 in math and have started unit 4 which focuses on place value.  We will be learning about the tens and ones place.
-We started sharing our google presentations on our animal groups.  Students did a great job presenting!
-We have been working on writing a paragraph from our animal book from the library.  We are learning that you need a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.  We learned that our conclusion can be as easy as adding one word like clearly and restate our introduction.

Notes:
- This week a math packet came home that looked like a test with crayon marks that either corrected the question or had a smiley face.  That packet is our math warm-up.  It is our practice for Iowa Assessments.  We are learning: what to do when we get to a question we don’t know, how to fill in the bubbles, and how to make an educated guess by eliminating the answers we know are not correct.  Some of the questions on our math warm-up have not been taught yet and are difficult.  This is good practice because there will be questions on Iowa Assessments that are difficult for us.
-We have been working in class with several comprehension skills that your child could use with their Hawk book at home: retelling, summarizing, and using a story map.

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