News from Room 307
These past few weeks the students LOVED learning our new websites "Epic" and "TenMarks." I love the information and data I gain from the sites and they are all so engaged! Epic can be used at home on computers, tablets and IPADs. When signing in you use my email and the password "panthers." The students can then find their name and use their classroom number as the password.
If you have not signed up for conferences, please remember to do so. I sent out a reminder for you to fill out if you hadn't signed up. You can sign up by filling out that sheet or use the link.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4baca62dabfb6-student
Reading: The past few weeks we have spent a lot of time practicing different strategies to help think about our comprehension as we read! We are working towards taking control of our reading lives and finding ways to better them. Encourage your child to make "think marks" with sticky notes or to do a comprehension check as they read.
If you have not signed up for conferences, please remember to do so. I sent out a reminder for you to fill out if you hadn't signed up. You can sign up by filling out that sheet or use the link.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4baca62dabfb6-student
Reading: The past few weeks we have spent a lot of time practicing different strategies to help think about our comprehension as we read! We are working towards taking control of our reading lives and finding ways to better them. Encourage your child to make "think marks" with sticky notes or to do a comprehension check as they read.
Writing: We worked on leads for our narratives and trying out different ways to "hook" the reader's attention. Students practiced using dialogue, sound effects, questions, and setting the scene for their leads.
PBL: We have been working on answering the question, "What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen at home, school, state and country?" Students were split up into groups to learn about their rights and responsibilities in one of those places. Then, they switched and taught each other what they learned. We also continued to practice interviewing each other for our upcoming PBL project. We watched a kid president video, and the students analyzed what he did well and what he could improve. We created a list of interview expectations from that. I look forward to seeing where this PBL takes us!
PBL: We have been working on answering the question, "What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen at home, school, state and country?" Students were split up into groups to learn about their rights and responsibilities in one of those places. Then, they switched and taught each other what they learned. We also continued to practice interviewing each other for our upcoming PBL project. We watched a kid president video, and the students analyzed what he did well and what he could improve. We created a list of interview expectations from that. I look forward to seeing where this PBL takes us!
Next Week: Reading: Accountable Talk, Retelling books, Predictions Writing: Revising, Developing the heart of the story, Paragraphing Math: Estimating, multiplication puzzles, mystery numbers, Test PBL: Interviews, rules and laws, government |