Friday, November 18, 2011

5V News

Class conversation to share:
At morning meeting we had a great class discussion on how the past couple of weeks have felt with impending projects due.  Many students expressed that they learned the importance of trying to plan ahead and realized the benefit of working on small parts of a project over several days instead of waiting until last minute.  I am always impressed with the students' reflective thinking and willingness to share their thoughts and feelings with each other. 

We are learning about:
  • Early Native Americans
  • Geometry
  • Personal Narrative
  • Inferring
Some activities we did this week:
  • Used population data to practice comparing numbers
  • Reviewed the types of angles
  • Practiced measuring angles
  • Learned about adjacent and vertical angles
  • Played Angle Tangle
  • Explored personal narrative picture books
  • Identified what makes a personal narrative
  • Began brainstorming ideas for our personal narratives
  • Determined the rules for making plural nouns
  • Inferred the meaning of unknown words using the book Caleb and Kate
  • Used inferring to determine theme and author's message using Aesop's Fables
  • Shared our research on our Native American tribes
  • Experimented with watercolors to create paper to use in our altered book
Notes and reminders:
  • Students should be logging into Xtra math a couple of times per week to practice math facts
  • No school- November 23rd- 25th 
  • Scholastic Book Fair- November 28th- December 1st 
Have a great Thanksgiving break and enjoy the time with your families!  

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