Dec. 1 to 4

Here is an update of our learning that has occurred and will occur throughout the rest of the week:

Reading: Our class is currently on Unit 3: The Shape of the Land.  The students will be learning about the relationship between people and their environment.

Comprehension Skill:  Questioning!  The students will be focusing on asking and answering questions to deepen their understanding of a topic.  We have already had some meaningful and effective lessons (did you hear about the kiwano?) about the types and purposes of questions.  We will now connect it to reading and asking/answering those questions before, during, and after a text.

Vocabulary: geography, community, business

Math: We are working on deepening the students' understanding of multiplication by creating our own multiplication chart to show sums and products.  Each day, we are adding to the chart and then discussing and making examples to practice the different strategies of multiplying (repeated addition, commutative property-switching the factors, and associative property-breaking down factors into smaller known factors and adding the products together)

Writing: The students are beginning the process of writing effective paragraphs.  We will start with creating a writing folder, making a tool to remember the different parts of a paragraph, and identify the different elements in paragraphs.

Thank you!
Miss Kimpton