Monday, October 29, 2012

The Week of October 29th

Base

1. known

2. written

3. laugh

4. sphere

5. wreck

6. writer

7. wrong

8. wrap

9. wrench

10.knocked

11.knot

12.wring

13.enough

14.rough

15.wrinkle


Alternate


1. knowledge   

2. dolphin

3. ghost

4. wrongful

5. knit

6. phonics

7. wrist

8. cough

9. telephone

10. knowing

11. laughter

12. knock

13. knight

14. pharmacy

15. physical


Thank you for returning your conference sheets.  If you need to still schedule a conference, please contact me by October 31st.   Report cards will coming home on Friday.   I look forward to discussing your child's progress and setting learning goals for the next quarter.
In social studies, we will be finishing up our community brochures.  Each child is to complete a brochure that includes illustrations and text to show what he/she has learned about the three major types of communities.  The three major communities are urban, rural, and suburban.   Later, in the week we will explore the world of government and the upcoming elections.   Our goal will be to see how government plays a role in serving the needs of the voters in a community.      See the social studies sidebar for additional resources on the upcoming election.  

                                                          Open Inquiry Photos








 In reading,  some of the students have started independent inquiry during reading workshop time.  The students have the opportunity to go deeper into a subject of interest to them.   The students can work independently or in small groups to complete an inquiry.   I assist them in collecting a text set of various books about the subject.   Right now, we have various small groups learning about the following:  

 The Titanic
Whales
Prehistoric Times
Various Artists
Wolves

Here are some benefits to using text sets in the classroom:
  •  provide multiple perspectives on a topic.
  •  allow students to find questions about a larger topic.
  •  develop students' ability to "read" multiple forms of texts and images. 
  •  support synthesis, application, and critical evaluation.
  •  provide an opportunity for intertextual reading; students make connections       between     
  • texts, reflect on texts they've previously encountered and construct new knowledge
Please continue to make sure your child is reading outside of school.   Reading builds stronger readers.  I appreciate your help in supporting your child's literacy.


In 3A math, we continue to build strategic thinking for solving problems involving the operations of addition and subtraction.   It is important that your child develop an complete understanding of the operations and knowing that different strategies build number sense and problem solving skills.    Mathematicians have a variety of methods for solving problems and checking for precision.  

 Here is  an example open number line strategies:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:1VP-YVNyvH4J:investigations.terc.edu/library/curric-gl/sample_g3_smh_p32-35.pdf+subtraction+strategies&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESihZRGeutFpi5U-h_wJlI2uxgWaMREayEi3Hs7HcokfYd4GrWDJgxehNKzWKuW1TXYsTXaY3L9MZCo3xrPjt0aEGmASsW6vjnED3CXmCjldt7FUpmMWXoTi03z1WAUg7dDy76cF&sig=AHIEtbSMfo54mVY6VKHsLd_7mta4WzoR9g

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