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The kids have had a lot of fun with Louie the Leprechaun this week. I'm sure you've heard how he has messed up our room and left little surprises behind. They even learned what their leprechaun name would be.
Language Arts
We are still talking about the Big Idea that
“Living things change over time.” This week we explored the question “What helps you make
a decision about a character?” It definitely takes
a long time to make a rug, as we found out
when we read the narrative nonfiction selection
The Goat in the Rug. It also takes a long time to
make a basket, which we now know more about
after reading the informational text Basket
Weaving. What else takes a long time to make?
Target Vocabulary: sharpening,
spinning, strands, weave, yarn, dye,
duplicated, delicious
Phonics Skills: Suffixes -y, -ly, -ful; final
stable syllables -tion, -ture
Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple-meaning
words
Comprehension Skill: Conclusions—
use details to figure out more about the
text
We are cruising right along with Module 6 in Math. Module 6 focuses on repeated addition and the foundations of multiplication and division. The students learn how to make equal groups and then turn those equal groups into arrays. They also have to write the correct repeated addition sentence for those equal groups or arrays. The hardest thing for the kids to keep straight is the difference between a row and a column. Zearn is great support for Module 6.
Lesson 12
Objective: Use math
drawings to compose a rectangle with square tiles.
Lesson 13
Objective: Use square tiles to decompose a rectangle.
Lesson 15
Objective: Use math drawings to partition a rectangle with square tiles,
and relate to repeated addition.
We have made it all the way around the world in our classroom. We are finishing our flip book on continents and even made our own map so the kids can study the continents and oceans at home. Our goal is to be done with this unit. We will continue to work with those that need extra support one-on-one at school. It will definitely be a good idea to quiz them from time to time in the future just to be sure that they retained the information.
We will be moving ahead with our economics unit next week. Economics focuses on needs, wants, goods, services, producers, consumers, natural resources, capital resources, and human resources.
