11-6-09
In
Language Arts last week, we again worked in our Guided Reading groups. This time we read fictional text.
Students were able to make inferences (good, logical guesses) about what
would happen in the story. They wrote summaries of fiction when they finished
reading their book. Our read aloud
for the week was More Than Marionettes. After learning about the many different kinds of puppets and
where they all come from, we made our own hand puppets. They are awesome. And even better than the puppets, are
the scripts that the groups wrote for a scene in a puppet show. We hope to perform for our Book Buddies
this coming Friday.
In
Math, we continued our study of multiplication with breaking apart arrays. Now,
the students have 7 different strategies to help them multiply. Please continue to have your child
review his or her multiplication facts daily. We will finish up with a few tricks to help us with our 9s
and 10s, a foldable for the properties, and lastly, multiply with 3
factors. The Multiplication test
will be on Thursday.
In
Social Studies, we are learning about Paul Revere. We worked with a partner on an internet webquest, and we
watched a very informative video from the book And Then What Happened Paul
Revere?
Thank
you to Arth’s mom for being our guest reader. We enjoyed a book by the author of our last Art
Adventure. It included information
on two Americans who we will study in Social Studies later this year, so that
was a pleasant surprise. Thank you
also to Ryan’s family for the prize box donations and to Annabelle’s family for
allowing her to bring in the cool puppets and marionettes.
Alex celebrated his birthday on Tuesday.
Congratulations
to Sam and Alice! Their classmates
elected them Student Council representatives. I was proud of all of the students who gave speeches and
made posters. Everyone did a
terrific job.
East
Side’s Book Fair is coming soon.
Loose change is being collected in order to purchase books for needy
children.
I
hope that you have a great weekend.