Using Base 10 Blocks to Multiply 2-digit by 1-digit Numbers Strategies to Multiply 2-digit by 1-digit Numbers Meeting with Book Clubs (regret that I didn't get a picture of each group) Exploring Geometry with a New Math Tool! Exploragons! Coming Up Week of 17-21It was great to see so many parents join us for our Planet Protector presentation. The performance was fabulous! I am so proud of all the kiddos for working hard and being passionate about raising awareness about the global trash problem. If you weren't able to attend, you can see it on video. Mr. Weiler set up a camera and recorded the whole presentation. See link below.
Plant Protector presentation https://youtu.be/S3qKDNtVla0 There was a lot of work that went into our presentation. Students worked in their E-slot groups for several weeks writing skits, creating trash art, writing chants, making things out of trash, and creating posters. Then we had to put all of the ideas together. The skit groups combined ideas and created the final skits, the bucket band learned how to drum along with their chants, and there was even a group that made props for the skits. Also, each class wrote information for a few slides and wrote tips to share. It was truly a group effort from all students. The final step was practice. Last week we practiced every day at least once with the whole grade level, (the kids in the skit practiced even more). So, I appreciate the willingness of the kiddos to sit and wait, participate, listen, and sit and wait some more. In the end, it was all worth it! Now that our presentation is over, we need to get down to some serious work. We have three weeks until STAAR so will spend lots of time preparing and reviewing. See below for details about the upcoming week. Writing: We didn't have time last week to work on our personal narratives, so this week students will choose a seed idea, plan their story, write their draft, and revise and edit their draft. This will be for a grade since it is considered a district unit assessment. If time, we'll also begin writing poems for Earth Day. Reading: Our book clubs are still wrapping up. We are reading the final chapters of our books. During the last book club meetings, students will discuss the characters and plot and create a poster about their character. Also, we will be working on reading passages and reviewing concepts as needed. Math: Our focus will be on place value of larger numbers. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship found in the base-10 value system and be able to describe that relationship. Also, students will compose and decompose numbers up to 100,000 as well as compare numbers. We'll practice using expanded notation and representing numbers on a number line, too. Science: This week we'll learn how stuctures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in particular environments. We'll observe cacti and flowers to determine the function of each part and then notice how those parts are alike and different. Since Earth Day is Saturday, we'll also participate in a few Earth Day activities. Upcoming Events Thursday April 20: Cub Choir Spring Concert @ 6:30 Friday April 21: Assembly for Choir Concert @ 7:45 Monday April 24: Volunteer Appreciation Program Assembly @ 7:45 in the cafeteria
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November 2019
Mrs. Swyers3rd Grade Teacher |