Students have learned the organization of our classroom library. We have talked about how to choose just right books and fill their book boxes with books which interest them. We have also begun to review fiction genres. We discussed the characteristics of realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction. Talk partners worked together to read a specific genre and record three characteristics which made their story either realistic fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, or science fiction.
Writing Workshop
Students decorated the outside covers of their writer's notebook and began writing in their notebooks as well. Our first unit will be writing personal narratives. We discussed how writers often write personal narratives about special people and places. Students brainstormed special people and places in their lives and created lists of small moments or memorable experiences associated with those special people and places.
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| Students show off their personalized Writer's Notebooks! |
Math
Our first math unit focuses on multiplication and division. Students are learning how to solve multiplication and division word problems. They are writing equations and drawing pictures, arrays, and equal shares drawings to show how they've solved the problems. Students have learned multiplication and division is related. Therefore, if they know 5x3=15 then they know 15/5=3.
Science
We have started our first unit in which students will be investigating a very important substance, water. During the first investigation students placed individual drops of water on four different surfaces (wax paper, aluminum foil, paper towel, and white paper). Through their observations they learned water can be absorbed by some materials and beads up on other materials. Students also investigated surface tension, which causes water to stick together and try to form into a ball. They worked in small groups to investigate how many drops of water they could fit on top of a penny. Students observed the drops of water beginning to form a dome on top of the penny. They also learned that soap weakens surface tension.
Curriculum Night Room 13 Trailer
Some of you asked if we would put the little movie we showed at the beginning of Curriculum Night on the blog. Here it is!!
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