Welcome back! After a week of rest and rejuvenation, we've been back to work full force!
We've flipped our blocks around and are enjoying a new rotation, and our project block looks different as well. Our Third and Fourth have been working hard learning specific traits and strategies in leadership roles as well as taking some time to master some important skills in math. Our Second Graders are prepping their financial knowledge as they embark in creating a good or service for Market Day later this month.
In reading and writing, each grade has been working on entries for their personal anthology, as well as refining grammar skills. Spelling Groups are up and running, and we are spending time in our independent books building fluency and stamina. Third Grade has begun a new novel, The Poet's Dog, by Patricia MacLaughlin. Fourth Grade continues on their journey through East Prussia in Salt to the Sea. It's been exciting to examine the books through both a reader and writer's eye. Second Grade continues to hone their knowledge of signposts, using them to synthesize information rather than re-tell.
In math, second graders have been growing their subtraction muscles. They're building fluency with facts and modeling multidigit subtraction. Third graders have taken their multiplication expertise and applied it to division concepts this week. It's impressive to see how they're using skip-counting charts, building arrays, and making use of other resources to master facts and model story problems. Here are a few pics of third grade mathematicians at work...
Fourth graders reviewed division concepts this week and talked about how remainders are often a part of real-live division situations. They also used input-output tables to show geometric patterns, and made some exciting discoveries about how to use equations with variables. We look forward to exploring and creating more tables over the next few weeks.
In social studies, we've been investigating natural resources. Fourth graders have started investigating early Texas by researching American Indian tribes. They have learned how tribes met their needs by utilizing the resources available to them.
Second and third graders have researched the Wampanoag tribe that inhabited Plimoth, MA when the Pilgrims arrived. Students compared and contrasted the lives and cultures of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to their own lives. We discovered differences between the three but also several similarities.
Second grade enjoyed some outdoor learning during their field trip to Westcave Preserve. These junior scientists spent the day observing and exploring ecosystems, plants and rocks with a hydrogeologist, Starting in a savannah ecosystem, we saw grasses, Live Oak and Ashe Juniper trees, and even a special insect, the cochineal, that releases a red dye. After our hike down into the riparian woodland, we visited the grotto and even explored a cave. Ask your scientist about the different rock formations they saw and touched!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Team SBLC
Fourth graders reviewed division concepts this week and talked about how remainders are often a part of real-live division situations. They also used input-output tables to show geometric patterns, and made some exciting discoveries about how to use equations with variables. We look forward to exploring and creating more tables over the next few weeks.
In social studies, we've been investigating natural resources. Fourth graders have started investigating early Texas by researching American Indian tribes. They have learned how tribes met their needs by utilizing the resources available to them.
Second and third graders have researched the Wampanoag tribe that inhabited Plimoth, MA when the Pilgrims arrived. Students compared and contrasted the lives and cultures of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag to their own lives. We discovered differences between the three but also several similarities.
Second grade enjoyed some outdoor learning during their field trip to Westcave Preserve. These junior scientists spent the day observing and exploring ecosystems, plants and rocks with a hydrogeologist, Starting in a savannah ecosystem, we saw grasses, Live Oak and Ashe Juniper trees, and even a special insect, the cochineal, that releases a red dye. After our hike down into the riparian woodland, we visited the grotto and even explored a cave. Ask your scientist about the different rock formations they saw and touched!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Team SBLC
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