This week, the students learned about proper nouns. We made a collage of proper nouns from pictures. The students made connections and some called their cousin's name a proper noun, KIS, city they live in, month of March etc.
In Math, some students have been focusing on previously learned skills including: identifying numbers, counting sets, adding and subtracting using objects, sorting and positions. Others have continued worked on shape identification, coin identification and general number sense. We continue to work on active participation skills and IEP goals and objectives. They were also introduced to tiling the surface area of different plane figures, finding the area of a given figure by counting or skip counting.
In Reading, The students have explored the concept of summarizing texts using transitional words. We will continue this skill as we look closely at fiction and nonfiction. In addition, students will continue to work on making good predictions as they are reading. Good readers are always thinking while they are reading. This week your child will be asked to stop and make predictions throughout various texts. Your child will be asked to provide evidence from the text to support their prediction. This will help the students make connections with a story. A connection is made when a reader is reminded of something that has happened to them in their life. The purpose of a connection is to help a child develop a greater understanding of what is happening in the text.
We wrapped up our Matter unit in Science. During the unit, students were asked to identify important vocabulary words, draw I pictures to illustrate the definitions, find real classroom objects to illustrate the concepts, and post them on our interactive vocabulary board. The students all did an amazing job! Our next unit will be on physical science and we will focus on sound.
For Social Studies, the students will create a Google Presentation on Aztecs and shared it with his/her partner(s). This program allows the students to work on the exact same presentation, simultaneously. Next week, we will finish our presentations and begin presenting them.
Thank you Mrs. Robertson for sending us some amazing kids for our Reading Buddies. The students are so happy to see them and they are engaged the entire time.
3.14.14 was Pi Day! We celebrated Pi Day with my 5th graders by reading Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi, played a game of chance), with Pi(e) graphs, finding our birthday in Pi (a website that locates strings of digits), making a bar graph of the frequency of the first 100 digits of Pi, measuring circular objects’ circumference and diameter, and finally making and eating pie.
We expect as children progress though different grades in school they will face different challenges. My students have had to experience a lot of changes in the past few years both at home and at school. I am amazed at their resilience and flexibility in the classroom while keeping a positive attitude. We have had some amazing paraprofessionals come through our class in the past three months and each one has brought a new vision and experience. The kids and I are so excited to welcome Nancy Fade back. Nancy is a true professional and the kids love her. We also miss Cathy Rugg and hope she feels better soon. While Cathy has been healing at home, we have been blessed with two amazing ladies. Irene Catalina and Honey Fiore. For the short time they were with us, Irene and Honey never gave up on the kids. Someone walking into the class would think they were with them for years. I am so lucky to have a supportive team. I am not aware that many children would deal with so many changes in a few months, but my kids have not missed a beat! They are growing intellectually and emotionally. I often think if this quote in regards to education, “growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” Let’s take a moment to celebrate our kids!
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