Expository Writing
This week I met with students one-on-one (writing conferences) to help them revise and edit their drafts. After their writing conference, students began working on their first published how-to book. Each book includes a cover with a title and illustration, an introduction (e.g. You can make pizza.) and 5 or 6 steps. Students will share their published work with the class next week. |
Nonfiction Readers Learn about the World
"I can read the word AND I understand what it means!"
Air and Weather
This week students made their own thermometers (see picture below) to use during calendar time and science lessons. We asked the question, "What time of day is the air the warmest?" and recorded the temperature at 9:00 am, 12:00 pm, and 3:00 pm throughout the week.
- Was the temperature the same all day long?
- How did the temperature change during the day?
- When did the temperature get higher?
- When did the temperature get lower?
- When was the temperature the coolest?
- When was the temperature the warmest?
- What do you think caused the temperature to be the warmest?
- Do you think the warmest temperature will be at the same time tomorrow? How could we find out?
Science Vocabulary
sunrise
sunset
Our class will continue to study clouds next week and will begin recording the clouds we see every morning on our cloud report poster.
Science Vocabulary
describe
cirrus clouds
stratus clouds
cumulus clouds
Addition and Subtraction Facts to 40 - Story Problems
This week students reviewed the steps to follow when solving real-world problems involving addition and subtraction, then we practiced solving story problems using numbers to 40. The class was also introduced to a math chapter titled Getting Ready for Multiplication, which focuses on repeated addition (e.g. 2+2+2=6 ---> "3 groups of 2" ---> 3x2=6).
Math Vocabulary
same
groups
rows
- Ms. Allison