First of all, I should let you all know how many compliments I have gotten about your kids this week. In chapel, they all sat so well and participated that 2 other teachers came and interrupted my lesson to tell them how awesome they acted. They have been so good and are working so well together. That's so exciting to me because it means we can do some really fun stuff in class as groups. This week I'm hoping to get links and pictures up on the Reading and Social Studies pages to show you their hard work.
Here's what we are doing this week:
Math
Money: Each team created their own store and was in charge of the money. They had to hand out receipts, total up the amount their store earned, and show what coins to use to make different amounts of money.
Suggestion: While at the store, have your kids help you count out the correct coins to give to the store clerk.
Fractions: We will start looking at fractions, adding them up, and using fraction bars.
Reading
Last week your kids did an investigative project in class. Please see the Reading page of the blog to find out more.
Social Studies
I will have pictures of the posters they created on the Social Studies page in a couple days.
The next couple of weeks we will be learning about urban and rural communities. They will be doing a collaborative project with another class from a rural area to show what they learn. This means lots of technology! They don't know where the other class is yet, so it will be a surprise.
Science
I am planning on doing Social Studies during 1st quarter and then Science during 2nd quarter. Some of the things we learn/read about in Language and Reading overlap though. In order to fully cover topics I thought this would be the smartest way to go with the amount of class time that we have.
Hope you all have a great week!
Miss Besel
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