Our classroom has been very busy this past week. My apologies for not writing more on our blog. To get you up to date here are some highlights happening in our room:
Math - Ms. McCurdy continues to focus on addition strategies. We are specifically looking at addition within problems. For example, one of the questions students had the choice to solve was ?4 + ??= 1??. Student had to use addition strategies to solve for the unknown numbers (?'s). These types of questions allow for multiple entry points. Students who are comfortable with regrouping can challenge themselves with using higher numbers, where as other students still trying to figure out the most effective strategy can work with simpler numbers. You can make it more challenging by putting more set numbers into the question. For example 1?5 + ?2? = 6?3. The more numbers that are placed in, the fewer choices students have making the work a bit harder and a little more complex.
Science - Students have began to build their models. All groups have completed the outside walls of their model today. It is amazing the pride that is shining through students as they see their designs come alive. We do need 9 more cereal boxes to finish this project. We need to add the second floor and the roof. If you have any, please send them to school. It is best that the main part of the box not be creased as this looses the stability of the structure.
Writing - Writing our report for this project seems to be the biggest struggle of all. Students are more excited to talk about their designs than write about them. Ms. McCurdy and I are exploring ways to get students to get those amazing ideas down onto paper in an organized way. The excitement they have has made the writing all jumbled and unorganized. Students have been reading non-examples (unorganized writing) compared to strong example of organized writing and are realizing the importance of planning their ideas before starting the activity. I hope to get students all on google doc by next week so parents can have a sneak peak into the writing of this report.
Reading - Today we started a small reading project to entice students into silently reading. They have all chosen either a fiction book or a non fiction book. As they read there is are multiple questions that they will be answering to reflect on. I have asked students that this reading project be done at school at this time and to not take the books home. All are very excited about it and I don't want it to be rushed.
Reminders - If you are available Dec 17th for the field trip to the Glenbow, please let me know via email.
Math - Ms. McCurdy continues to focus on addition strategies. We are specifically looking at addition within problems. For example, one of the questions students had the choice to solve was ?4 + ??= 1??. Student had to use addition strategies to solve for the unknown numbers (?'s). These types of questions allow for multiple entry points. Students who are comfortable with regrouping can challenge themselves with using higher numbers, where as other students still trying to figure out the most effective strategy can work with simpler numbers. You can make it more challenging by putting more set numbers into the question. For example 1?5 + ?2? = 6?3. The more numbers that are placed in, the fewer choices students have making the work a bit harder and a little more complex.
Science - Students have began to build their models. All groups have completed the outside walls of their model today. It is amazing the pride that is shining through students as they see their designs come alive. We do need 9 more cereal boxes to finish this project. We need to add the second floor and the roof. If you have any, please send them to school. It is best that the main part of the box not be creased as this looses the stability of the structure.
Writing - Writing our report for this project seems to be the biggest struggle of all. Students are more excited to talk about their designs than write about them. Ms. McCurdy and I are exploring ways to get students to get those amazing ideas down onto paper in an organized way. The excitement they have has made the writing all jumbled and unorganized. Students have been reading non-examples (unorganized writing) compared to strong example of organized writing and are realizing the importance of planning their ideas before starting the activity. I hope to get students all on google doc by next week so parents can have a sneak peak into the writing of this report.
Reading - Today we started a small reading project to entice students into silently reading. They have all chosen either a fiction book or a non fiction book. As they read there is are multiple questions that they will be answering to reflect on. I have asked students that this reading project be done at school at this time and to not take the books home. All are very excited about it and I don't want it to be rushed.
Reminders - If you are available Dec 17th for the field trip to the Glenbow, please let me know via email.
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