Welcome to week 4! We apologize for our late post. We were not able to post over the course of the weekend. Here we go:
Over the next four weeks, students will begin using our new writing curriculum, Being a Writer. In the first unit, students will begin to see themselves as contributing members of a writing community. We will hear and discuss examples of good writing and begin to learn about the writing practices of professional authors. They will explore pre-writing techniques and write freely in their writing notebook about things that interest them. They will also learn cooperative structures that they will use throughout the year, as well as discussion prompts to help them listen and connect their comments during class discussions.
In reading we are going to continue working with Maniac Magee. We are practicing four main reading comprehension strategies: predicting, clarifying, summarizing and questioning. Through group discussions, students are learning when to use the three strategies and why they are valuable to good readers. They are also learning how to identify a theme within a book and how their personal experiences will impact their understanding and connection to that theme.
In math we are going to be investigating adding and subtracting of whole numbers and decimals. This week in particular we will be focusing on mental math, rounding whole and decimal numbers, and estimating sums and differences. These topics begin to get more complicated as we move along. Please be prepared for students coming home with math work to completed. If you ever have any questions about these problems please feel free to email Mr. Woods at allyn.woods@shorelineschools.org.
In addition we are going to continue our team building activities on Friday as well as reward our students' outstanding behavior and excellent work ethic with reward Fridays.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Allyn Woods and Alaina Therriault
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