Week of October 20th

This week we have continued to read Red Clover Books. The books we have read were "The First Drawing", "The Mighty LaLouche", "Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors", "The Mathbox Diary" and "Papa's Mechanical Fish". with each story we have done an activity. Some examples were creating timelines of Elizabeth Blackwell's life who was the first Women Doctor. This activity was from the story "Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors". We also did an art activity where we crumpled up a piece of paper and used the creases to create a piece of art. This activity was from the story, "The First Drawing". Check out some of the pictures of our work.


In Math we had a wonderful math talk on Wednesday.  It was not part of our lesson but was a great teachable moment.  We came up with our first Generalization of the year.  A generalization in math is "something that is always true".  A question from a student led to a discussion about the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and which are the answers to our double facts.  We then talked about how they were a skip count pattern or count by 2s pattern.    Then it came out that they were "even" numbers and we talked about what it meant to be an even pattern and that is how our generalization evolved.  We came up with:  "Even numbers always have a partner".  Students were so engaged during this discussion and were proud of the outcome. 


In writer's workshop we are learning about bring life to our stories.  We talked about how we unfreeze characters using pictures and words.  We also talked about how we can use small steps to bring our stories to life. 


If you ordered pictures of your child from our last Photo day, they are in your child's Friday folder.  Picture retake day is on Monday, October 27th.  If you would like your child to have a retake, please send in their original picture packet.  Also if your child did not have their picture taken, this is an opportunity for them to have it done. 


Also I would like to thank parents for coming in and meeting with me for conferences.  It was wonderful to talk with each of you about your child. 


Have a wonderful weekend,
Nancy