1. This week in math we did something called a show me. You basically record yourself doing
a math problem and explain how you did it. 2.Also in literacy we wrote a paragraph on how male and female penguins protect their chicks until they can protect themselves.
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By now I hope most parents have heard the words "Daily 5" spoken at home by your student. Concepts like word work, buddy reading, and read to self are key to the success of our classroom. The majority of our afternoon is spent doing Daily 5. This allows for students to work independently or in partners, while I work with a small group at the bean table. We typically get through three or four rounds, which last about fifteen minutes each. At some point in the afternoon we will break for a mini-lesson. We do this in between rounds which allows me to teach the lesson or skill for the day. Mini lessons can include reading the weekly story, grammar concepts, writing skills, and many other various topics. While students are working independently they have five choices of activities. The first, read to self, is self explanatory. They choose a just right book from their book box and read independently. Buddy reading is a second choice. Students are directed to sit "EEKK" (elbow, elbow, knee, knee) with a partner. They take turns reading a story and ask one another questions while they read. Word work is a classroom favorite. Students have several hands-on activities to choose from. Writing spelling words on white boards, braille, sign language, and dictionary hunt are just a few that students can choose to complete. Writing is the fourth activity students can choose to participate in. There are ten different writing activities that vary from stories, lists, personal interviews and poems. This is supplemental writing from our curriculum and designed to be fun and interactive. Lastly, listen to reading is the final component of the Daily 5. In the past students listened to the weekly story, but as of this week students will be doing RAZ Kids. Information was sent home via "Remind 101" and was posted to the blog in a previous post. While all of the student driven learning is happening, I am working with small groups of students on a variety of skills. At times, guided reading may be happening where all students are reading a leveled book together. When we finish the book we discuss and write about it. You will find this writing in your students "writing binder". There are plenty of times where we will be working on a pre-teach or re-teach skill as well. This is a time where learning is individualized to the student. I can work 1:1 with a student on a particular topic they need extra help on. Below are several pictures of what a typical afternoon looks like while we are doing Daily 5. We will begin using RAZ Kids during Daily 5 this week. Students progress will be monitored regularly. Students are welcome to use this program at home. The link is posted below.
1. We learned division and multiplication in math.
2. In math we did math games like zap it and xtra math on the ipads. I worked with my teacher. |
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