I can't believe that October has already come and gone. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, not just because of all the delicious food that comes along with it, but because it's a time to reflect on all that I have to be thankful for. Thank you to each and everyone of you for entrusting me with your children everyday. We have a wonderful blend of personalities in our class and we enjoy spending our days together!
This week was a wrap up week for a few of our units.
In writing workshop we finished editing the final copies of our realistic fiction stories. Not only did students have final editing suggestions from me, but we had peer editors who helped look over some of the stories before sending them to the printing press!
In reading workshop we started the last bend of our interpreting characters unit of study. This last bend requires us to synthesize to help come up with interpretations about our books. When we find parts that connect together, or ideas that connect together, we can start to ask ourselves what life issues our books display, and what the author is trying to teach us about this issue. When we do this kind of work we can think back across all the parts of the story. These interpretations lead us to consider themes in our books.
In math we are on Topic 4, addition and subtraction of whole numbers. So far we've used mental math to add and subtract numbers, we've estimated sums and differences of whole numbers, and we have added and subtracted whole numbers with and without regrouping. We have one more lesson in this unit and then our topic test will be next week.
We are wrapping up our learning about the geography of New York State. The giant NYS map really helped us gain a better awareness of where things are in relation to where we are located in New York.
Enjoy your weekend!
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