What a great short week!

This week we have been working hard in so many areas. We have begun writing some non-fiction text, continue to work with multiplication, practiced making connections from our books and so much more!
During discovery and literscy we are working on researching different aspects of the history of Vermont. For this undertaking we are using research skills to find the answers to questions that we are curious about. Students have been using online resources for this work, and the information they are finding is fantastic. We will be using this information to create some non-fiction books that should be published by the December break!

Groups are sharing information about the history of VT.

In math we have been working with factors and multiples. This week we worked to find the factors of 100, 200, and 300 as a class. After this students worked to find the factors of a multiple of 100 of their choice, ask your student which one they picked. We also have been working on looking at different factors and "predicting" which multiple we will get to if we count around the room. For more info. about this ask your student about this picture:

We also have worked on making connections to books we are reading. This week we revisited some old favorites from previous book groups and searched for text to text, text to self, and text to world connections in them.

'Trina is stoked to find one of her old favorites!

Finally it was so nice to meet with so many if you in the past week. If we still need to schedule a time, I will drop you an email. As always if you ever need to contact me during the week, the contact tab at the top of the blog has all the information! Have a great weekend. -Dave

Exciting stuff!

As always we have been working hard and making new discoveries. We are working with multiplication in math, creating informational text, researching Vermont's history, and so much more.
In math we are working toward automaticity in multiplication. Students are working with array cards and multiplication equations to build their knowledge base. We are also continuing our work with the American Algorithm.
We are also working on a new and exciting piece if writing, a non-fiction book about Vermont! We are doing some online research, and will be increasing our knowledge and information base with a trip to the Vermont History Museum.
The research we are doing is very exciting. We are using a research tool called the Super-3. The Super-3 consists of three parts, plan, do, reflect. We are currently working on the first parts if this as we are looking at resources and creating questions that we think we can use these resources to answer.