Math 12/15

This week in math we are learning to divide with and without reminders.  

Students also learned to divide using mental math strategies.  Ask your child one strategy they can use.

This is one activity the students are completing during our centers this week.  You could even try it at home!

This is the enrichment activity students are completing.  They really had to show some GRIT while solving the problem.

Wompanoag

The students worked very hard on their Wompanoag Project.

After completing their research each group presented to the class what they learned.  All the students chose to put their project on poster board.  

November Enrichment

These kids are sharing their November Enrichment Activities.

Literature Circles

The students were very enthusiastic during our literature circles. The students were in four different groups.  Each group was reading a different book.  The books were Jake Drake Bully Buster, Frindle, Stone Fox and How to be a Perfect Person in 3 Days.  I was very impressed with the conversations the students were having.

This is a copy of what their jobs were before they met with their group.

This group is having a great discussion.

The students learned that when they were sharing it was important for them to all be on the same page.  They worked hard to persuade their peers.

Each child had to complete this self assessment.

Writing

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We used the laptops to publish our personal narratives.  The stories they wrote included wonderful leads, dialogue, voice, great word choice, and amazing endings.  Ask your child which story they published.

Guest Teachers

During W.I.N. we had some volunteers teach a lesson on Bar Models.  They were fabulous teachers and gave us some very tricky problems.

Look how hard everyone is working!

The students were very engaged.

Fun at the Halloween Party

Thank you so much to the room parents for the wonderful Halloween Party!  I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Reminders

10/29  Patriots Day  (wear your team shirts)

10/30  Our party is at 11:30 on Friday.  Students can bring their costumes to school in bag.  They should not bring scary masks or wear make-up.

10/25/15

This week during the assembly each grade performed either a poem or song teaching the school how to show G.R.I.T.  The third graders read an Always/Never Poem.  Ask your child to recite the lines from our poem.  

During math centers this group of kids were playing a math activity called Subtrarion Across Zero.  Maybe you can try playing it at home.  

These children are using a program called Math Playground.  This program helps them solves story problems using bar models.

In this center the kids are very busy trying to solve sudoku puzzles!  They loved this challenge.

We have been writing personal narrative this month.  Our personal narratives should include; dialogue, show not tell, voice, interesting leads, good word choice and they should all be seed stories.  

This is an example of how bar models should look! 

Our Halloween Party is Friday at 11:30!  Kids can bring their costume to school but no scary masks or make up.

Update

This is a reminder that tomorrow will be the Steward School Walk-A-Thon!

Last week in math we worked on adding multi-digit numbers with and without regrouping.  

Ask your child, "What is the value of 12 hundreds."

Trey gave us an amazing explanation of how to regroup.  He used the vocabulary words ones, tens, hundreds, and regrouping with his explanation. 

In reading we have been studying realistic fiction.  They have been learning a lot about characters and their traits.  Last week we discussed the difference between round and flat characters.  

When your child is reading at night ask them to tell you about the characters in their story.  Maybe they can share one trait about the character in their book.

Native American Perspectives Program

Today the students worked as a team to build a tipi.  They worked so well together.

We are learning how building a tipi is going to happen.

The building begins.

Look at this teamwork!

This is our finished project.  As your students what they learned today about Native Americans.