Friday Afternoon Post (November 22, 2019)

Howdy Folks!

Let's see what we've been up to this week:

Math

We utilized a comparison model, and we focused on particular keywords such as how many times, or how much more to determine which operation to use. We also used CUBES to analyze the word problems we are solving!

Writer's

We revised, edited, rehearsed, and read our narratives that we've been working hard on to others!

Reader's

We started our new reading unit on non-fiction reading! We discussed reading "in the dentist office" sort-of-way, and reading in a "researchers" sort-of-way! We first practiced how to make connections to the non-fiction text by drawing on our prior knowledge and determining what about the topic we might be more interested in learning about...

We then practiced the strategy of previewing the text before actually reading for research. Again we practiced making connections as we scanned the text features and keywords in our texts.

We're practicing reading and comprehending non-fiction texts in order to research for our upcoming Writer's Workshop project! One of the ways we research and take notes is to determine the text structure of the text and how it is organized!

And what happens if parts of the text are challenging; we brainstormed some strategies to assist our understanding of a complicated text!

Science

We've taking our reading non-fiction reading strategies and utilized during science block to take notes and learn more about ecosystems

Peace y'all!

Cheers, y'all!

Sunday Morning Post (November 17, 2019)

Howdy Folks!

This is what we did this past week!

Math

we used decomposing and regrouping to convert mixed numbers into common fractions and vice versa!

We used comparison model to solve addition and multiplication word problems. We also learned that keywords, such as more and times, clues us in on which operation to use! On top of that, we utilized the CUBES strategy to hone our analysis of said word problem!

Reader's Workshop

We practiced considering what is an important scene in the book, and connected the importance of said scene to the story as a whole. Lots of inferring, supporting the inference with textual evidence, and explaining how it all connects!

Writer's Workshop

We continued to go through multiple rounds of revising and editing our drafts on our own, and then with a check peer, so that our narratives are ready to be  published! During one of our revision/editing sessions we practiced rehearsing our stories out loud with vigor, and noticing additional edits and revisions we needed to make!

Science

We took notes on this particular inquiry question: Why can't we eat desserts all the time?

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And that's a wrap folks! Cheers!