Special Notes –
* What a great week. Highlights for me has been seeing the groups
work so well together, being kind to one another, and being honest in their
opinions.
* Blogging is going really well
and we now have gotten more than 600 comments on the blogs already! I am in touch with several teachers across
the world that are watching our blog for ideas and to see how the kids are
developing in their writing.
*
As we get ready to read the book “Out of My Mind” I asked students to
work in partnerships to solve brainteasers but without speaking or writing. They did for 20 minutes and will now be
blogging about it for next week’s blogging challenge. Our main character, Melody, has CP and no way
of communicating with the world so I wanted the students to get a feel for that
before we start reading.
* We did another Mystery Skype this
week and it did not go as well as the first one. This was a wonderful learning opportunity for
us as we discussed what we could do better as we get ready for our next one.
* The State Journal will be here
Wednesday taking pictures of the students and asking them some questions about
the Global read Aloud, I am looking forward to seeing these awesome students in
the paper.
*MAP testing is done for this
round, if students need to make up missed tests I have sent their names to Mr.
Macklem.
* Dates for your calendar:
Ripp sub all day for meeting October 3rd,
PTO Fall Dance Party Night is Friday, October 4th 6 PM, Family
Fun Night/Title 1 Night October 8th 4:30 – 6:45 PM, Mrs. Ripp sub in PM for literacy meeting Monday,
October 14th, Field trip to the Overture October 17th
11:30 to 2 PM, Picture re-take is Tuesday, November 5th.
Math – We have just
started the second unit which is all about numbers. We have worked with adding and subtracting
whole numbers with decimals and will soon start to work with multiplication of
such numbers. Students need to know
their math facts so please have them practice if they are not secure in them.
Social Studies – We
finished our zombie land regions project today and will present this
Tuesday. I am excited to see what the
students came up with. We will then move onto Native Americans in the US with our
next project. Since this is something
the students have studied before I will be asking them for ideas of what they
would like to do.
Writing – We are still
blogging, the students know that they can ask to blog during recess and many
are taking me up on that opportunity to not have to do it at home. We have also discussed paragraphing this week
and will start our next unit on essays and editorials the next week. Most kids are finding enough time in the day
to get their spelling work done, however, some are handing it in late. They all have the option of bringing it home
and work on it there if they feel they need more time.
Science – We are working through variables
and will start with lifeboats next week.
Students created hypotheses, tested them and then graphed their results
to make predictions. We are working on
using our science language to show our understanding as well.
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