These weeks just seem to be flying by! I cannot believe we are five weeks into the school year! Here's a little of what we did this week.
Math
- We took the pre-assessment for unit one and then scored it keep track of what each student needs
- We began our first unit all about the decimal place value system, powers of ten and mentally multiplying and dividing by powers of ten
- Math Menu continued with Student Choice, Edpuzzle videos, Teacher Lesson and Exit Ticket
Literacy
- Students learned about writing a deep thinking sticky note
- Students learned about writing about their thinking with attnetiveness
- I've begun benchmarking students in reading to help guide my instruction
- We continue to read aloud Scar Island
- Book Club will be coming soon for our first unit!
Social Studies
- We continued Three Worlds Meet unit
- Students looked at the Americas before exploration through the lens of the 5 themes of geography (place, location, region, human-environment interaction and movement)
- Students are beginning to understand how vastly different the Americas were pre-exploration
- We will take a look at Europe next
Important Dates
Enrichment starts the week of October 8th
Columbus Day is Monday, October 8th
Check out the pictures from our fall poetry art creation we began this week!
Check out the pictures from our fall poetry art creation we began this week!
Until Monday!
Shannon
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