I want to thank all of you who came out to support Math 101 night. While it would have been wonderful to have more turnout, we covered a lot that night and parents left with a game to play at home!!
Newsy notes: VIP lunches are coming soon! Also, please, PLEASE don't forget to return those veteran's forms. We want to honor our veterans with our wall of honor (located in the front hall of our building).
In guided math, we will continue to review how to simplify and convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, convert fractions to decimals, and find common denominators so that we can add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators ( new lessons begin Monday 11/8/2010). Looking ahead, we are also going to be multiplying and dividing fractions.
In Guided Writer's Workshop, we're integrating 6+1 traits with the writing process to write a fantasy narrative essay. We are working on developing sensory details and organizing our ideas in a logical sequence. We are also working on revising our fantasy narratives for organization. We are also developing strong a strong beginning, middle and ending to our fantasy narrative essays. This 1/2 of the 2nd nine weeks will be on developing stronger ideas through revision.
In Guided Reading we're learning about story elements: character, plot and setting. We are also identifying the main idea and supporting details in expository text (integrated science and social studies).
In Science (upcoming week of 11/15) we be will exploring matter and its properties.
In Social Studies we are developing our historical understandings by describing how life changed in America at the turn of the century (20th century). We will continue our discussion of cowboys and cattle trails, discussions about the Chisolm Trail, famous inventors like Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, George Washington Carver, and Alexander Graham Bell.
Our current read aloud is "Time Windows ", by Kathryn Reiss. So far it's a big hit!! We will begin chapter 10 on 11/8/10.
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