Week of Nov. 3

Events:

-Nov. 12 1 hr. early out

-Nov. 19 1 hr. early out

-Nov. 26 1 hr. early out

-Nov. 27 and 28 No School

BUILD Groups:

(B) Buddy Games- Spin, Subtract, and cover the correct answer.

(U) Using Manipulatives-Students roll a dice and collect cubes (ones).  When they have ten cubes to trade for a stick (tens).

(I) Independently Working- Students work on writing numbers on their new number scrolls. 

(L) Learning about Numbers- Students work in a small group working on problem solving strategies.

(D) Doing Math- Funbrain.com

Notes:

-I have had some troubles with Scootpad in the classroom.  So this week we used the website funbrain.com.  We worked with games in the math arcade.

-This week we played some new assessment games.  One was called kahoot.it and the other was Plickers.  Students answer questions that I post on the smartboard either through clicking on a color or holding a symbol in their hand.  Students really enjoyed the playing these games without other students knowing their answers.

-I have been working this week with students on adjusting their Hawk book levels to a true good fit range.  If your child brings home a book that is too difficult please write me a note and we will readjust the level. 

 Week in Review:

-We worked with completing subtraction problems as well as addition problems with missing addends.  Students are getting really good at grabbing the lowest number and counting on to the biggest number to find the missing addend.

-This week we started a new reading unit on Make Way for Ducklings.  While reading this book we have been working on the reading strategy of predicting.  First we made a prediction on what the book would be about and then we read a few pages to check our prediction.  Some predictions we needed to adjust as we learned things about the book. 

-We started learning about amphibians and fish.  We have had some time to work on our google presentations about the animals groups.