I hope everyone had a great break! We are back in full learning mode. This week, we began to review our earlier discussion about the growth mindset and what it means to have a growth mindset. Our class read the book, Bubble Gum Brain, which focuses on how becoming is better than being with the power of yet. We discussed developing a Bubble Gum brain by focusing on improving our thinking by reflecting over our thoughts, and flexing, bending, and stretching our brain. Over the course of this year, we will continue to develop this thinking. We also focused on goal setting and began to discuss MAP goals and plans for reaching these goals. Our class will take MAP on Thursday, November 30, 201 and continue through Monday, December 5, 2017 at 8:30 am. This week, our scholars focused on: -determining an author's purpose for writing a text and finding support for an author's message -summarizing our learning about the stars, moon, and the Sun -using place value drawings' and the expanded form strategy to subtract numbers with differences of 100 or greater -criteria for creating a quality informational text -brainstorming ideas that should be included within an informational text about the stars, moon, and the Sun -goal setting/ the growth mindset Upcoming Dates November 30- December 5 MAP Testing @ 8:30 am November 27-December 1 Book Fair December 20 Celebration of Learning @ 8:45 am
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Greetings, I hope you all have had a great week. This week, we had a full week of learning and bonding as a crew. This has a been a week of reflection and continued growth. Report cards will be sent home today. Because report cards are standards based you only see the over arching standards and not all of the elements the standard entails. Therefore, many children will receive 2s on their report cards as every element within each standard has not been taught and is scheduled to be assessed during a later term. I say all of this so that you are not alarmed if you see 2s on your child's report card. Some standards have been taught in their entirety and you may notice 2s, 3s, or 4s in these areas. Please read the report card comments as they entail your child's strengths and areas for growth (in addition to what we've discussed during fall conferences). Please read below to see our focus for this week and for next week. This week, we focused on: -different strategies to help us figure out the meaning of unknown words (synonyms, reading on, context clues, prefixes, and root words). -spelling words with glued sounds -what the Sun is and what kind of star the Sun is -wrapping up our personal narratives by publishing them using Google Docs -learning how to use place value shape drawings (sticks and dots) to determine the sum of two 2 digit/ 3 digit numbers. View this video to assist you with understanding this strategy. Next week, we will focus on: -identifying the main the idea of an informational paragraph along with supporting details -learning more about the Sun. Specifically, we will focus on why shadows change throughout the day and why we have different seasons. -more strategies for adding with sums to 100 or beyond 100. We focused on the following strategies: expanded form, open number line, and compensation (video 1) (video 2). -informational writing. The kids will begin the process of building their final product for our expedition. Have a great rest of the week! |
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