We wrapped up our Informational Reading Unit this week. Students worked together with their reading partner to study the pictures and text features of a subtopic within their text set. Students also learned that readers recognize the text structure as they study a subtopic of interest to help them understand what they are reading and to teach others what they are learning. Finally, students noticed how information on the same subtopic can be presented differently, and some texts provide more details than others.
Writing Workshop
Students wrote an "About the Author" blurb to include in their Informational Final Draft Booklets. Students also began copying their Table of Contents, Headings, and Chapters into their Final Draft Booklets. Their booklets will include illustrations as well as photographs printed from the computer lab. Students are hoping to share their Informational Booklets with their special guest/s on Thursday!
Math
We began Unit 6 this week. In this unit students will learn many different geometry concepts. In the first lesson, we focused on the triangle. Vocabulary words which were introduced or reviewed include: ray, angle, 90 degree angle, triangle, quadrilateral, polygon, concave, convex, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and decagon. Students learned to describe triangles by the types of angles each had. Students also learned to describ triangles by the number of sides of equal length. Finally we practiced naming various polygons and building polygons using triangles.
All-Star of the Week
Our spectacular All-Star last week was Madeline! She had been looking forward to her special week for quite some time! The class enjoyed her sharing sack items and her informational read aloud. We were also impressed with the acrostic poem her family wrote about her. Maddie enjoyed a special lunch with her dad on Tuesday as well!
Troy Fire Department Visits Hill
The Troy Fire Department visited first, third, and fifth grade classrooms on Thursday. It's always a good review to hear important safety tips! Please make sure you check the batteries in your smoke detectors at home. Also, you should have a meeting spot as a family outside of your home in the case of a fire. Check out a few photos below, which include pictures of our class crawling out of the "smokehouse" to avoid the smoke in the air.
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