Throughout last week, and into this one, so much fantastic stuff has been happening. We have worked on creating stories from story arcs, practiced different word patterns, worked on adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers, had our first 4 Winds, and so much more.
In literacy we have been working hard with a serious focus on writing. We are working with story arcs. These are organizers that we use to plan our stories. Within these arcs students are planning and using different story elements; catchy lead, turning point, strong endings, character development, character struggles and dialogue. Using these arcs students are increasing the volume and depth of their writing as well as discovering how much detail they can create! We are also working with word patterns and syllable rules. Two days a week we have mini-lesson groups for syllable rules, and are lucky enough to have these sessions co-taught by Sheila Paterson! We have also been working lately in non-fiction books groups learning about and finding examples of different features in non-fiction text that we can use to help navigate it.
In math we continue our work with 3 digit numbers. We are working very hard on place value and adding and subtracting three digit numbers. As you see your students bring homework home feel free to interact with them while they work on it. The concepts we are working on focus on efficiently solving three digit expressions, and if reading some of the problems to your students makes the material more accessible for them please feel free to do so.
I will update with some photos of our work tomorrow, and hope to see all of you at open house starting at 6!
Dave
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