Students are plugging along with their research. Last week students began gathering the notes that they took on each subtopic and putting them into short paragraphs using a graphic organizer like the one in the photo below. Students' notes were often taken in fact fragments, which needed to be rewritten in complete sentences when converting the information into paragraphs. The rough draft paragraphs that you see below will be edited and rewritten in students' final report booklets next week.
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| Students working hard on their research! |
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| A student's notes about different holidays in England. |
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| Example of the notes converted into short paragraphs. |
Math
Last week we focused on multi-digit subtraction. Once again, students learned to create a proof drawing first so that they were able to understand the concept of "ungrouping." (We strongly encourage you to watch the You Tube clip of a teacher modeling proof drawings if you haven't already done so! We posted it in last week's update.) We spent lots of time practicing the traditional method of ungrouping from right to left and then practiced subtracting across zeros at the end of the week. Below you will find pictures of students displaying their subtraction proof drawings.
Students also completed a special Valentine's Day math activity on their iPads. All students were given a box of conversation hearts that they used to create a bar graph. After taking a photo of their bar graphs, students inserted the photo into Educreations and wrote three questions and answers to go with their graph.
Social Studies
After we finished up our tour of the Southeast Region, students took all of the souvenirs that they collected along the way and created scrapbook pages in their region tour binder. Students glued the souvenirs onto the pages and labeled each souvenir. Remember, the Southeast test will be given on Thursday! Your child should be using the study guide that was sent home last Wednesday to prepare for the test!
Valentine's Day
Although there are no "official" Valentine's Day parties at Hill, we still took time on Friday to celebrate the holiday with a card exchange. We were SO impressed with the creative boxes students made at home and brought to school!
All-Star of the Week
What a great week we had celebrating our All-Star, Emma C.! She loved sharing special things from her sharing sack and telling the class about the family photos that she brought in. The class especially loved seeing recent photos from her Disney World vacation! Perhaps the most exciting part of the week was the slideshow that her parents created for parent letter day. The class loved seeing tons of pictures of Emma throughout her life along with a video clip of her laughing hysterically at her dog when she was just a baby. What fun!
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