Reader’s Workshop
It’s been a fun, FUN week in Reader’s Workshop! We’ve moved from our Launching Unit into our Dialogue Unit. When asked what dialogue was, the initial response from the kids was classic… “Ways we choose books”, “Funny parts in stories” or “Books that have hard words”. We’ve now built the foundation that dialogue in text is when characters are talking! We’ve looked for books in our room that contain dialogue as well as for clues that indicate there is dialogue in a text (quotation marks, said, etc.). Please make sure to return ALL guided reading group books on the specified day. There is a sheet inside your child’s book bag that reminds you the days your child needs their bag at school. Parents must also sign the bottom of the reading slip form that comes home each time the bag comes home.
Writer’s Workshop
This week we read two different books that were filled with color poems! We read My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neill. Each demonstrates different ways to think about colors using your senses… How would a color look? How would a color taste? How would a color feel? How would a color smell? Using the author’s craft from these poems, we have been working to create our own color poems.
Math Workshop
In Workshop this week we began the week with Pumpkin Math! We did estimations about: the number of seeds in a pumpkin, the weight of a pumpkin as well as the number of ridges on a pumpkin. We were surprised to see what the actual numbers were to each question. We also spent time this week collecting data! We learned how to collect data using a tally chart, how to find the median (middle) number in a set of data, create pictographs and create bar graphs. Then we learned the parts of a graph: title, labels, x-axis and y-axis. Lastly we learned how to read a graph. We spent time talking about the choice with the most and the choice with the fewest. As the week continued we worked with making change as we solved story problems involving a vending machine. Finally we took a look back at our Unit 3 Pre-Test before taking our Unit 3 Post-Test. We talked our way through the pre-test and came to the conclusion that we have ALL learned a lot over the course of this unit. Something that seemed difficult to us three weeks ago, is now something we come to find a lot easier to do!
Social Studies
This week in Social Studies we have learned about the three different types of communities: rural, suburban and urban. We read the story, “The Little House” by Virginia Lee Burton as the little house demonstrates life in each type of community. Then we brainstormed a list of features for each type of community before embarking on our own mini-project. Each child was asked to decide which community they would want to live in and then had to create an illustration and blurb about where they would live, where they would work and where they would play! It’s pretty neat to see where our kids would go!
Important Dates & Reminders:
• Tuesday, November 8th – NO SCHOOL for Students! Professional Development for teachers… it’s Election Day!
• Thursday, November 17th – NO SCHOOL for Students! Parent-Teacher Conferences ALL day long!
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back this weekend!! Mrs. Weckstein
P.S. A special thank you to ALL of our parents who worked hard to make our Halloween Party a BLAST!!
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