Research Workshop:
We started country research this week, so we are now combining reading and writing workshop into research workshop. We will do research workshop 2 times during the school day. Students were so excited to pick their countries and get the library books they will be using for their research! They created webs to determine the 6 main topics they want to research about their country. Sample topics included food, clothing, housing, holidays and festivals, school, animals, etc. Using the table of contents and the index in their books, students placed sticky notes on the pages in their books that included information about their topics. This task was in preparation for the notes they will begin taking this week.
Math Workshop:
We began the week doing more lessons on elapsed time number stories. This is a challenging concept for students, so we have been spending extra time doing these types of problems together in class. Students also began lessons on graphing. They studied bar graphs and pictographs to interpret information and answer story problems using the graphs.
Social Studies:
We are currently on a region tour of the Southeast that we began right after winter break. We started our journey in Florida with tour stops at Everglades National Park, JFK Space Center, Disney World, and we are now in Jamestown, VA.
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| We started our tour on a fishing trawler! |
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| We headed to the Florida Everglades and took an airboat ride to see the many birds and animals. |
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| Our tables were our pretend boats! |
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| We had a "Disney Day" in Orlando, Florida! |
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| Students brought in Disney souvenirs and displayed them on their desks. |
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Students walked around our "Disney Museum" to check out each other's souvenirs.
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| Emma gets her sailor cap back on to travel to the JFK Space Center! |
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| Students write travel journals after visiting each tour stop. |
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