This week our focus has challenged us to "be the world to one," rather than just "one in the world." Discussions have run deep with how our actions and words truly have an impact on everyone around us. We also talked about how all of us: humanity and nature make the music of this world, and without our unique voice, that music is missing something. Discover what you want to add to the music. Speak up. Say something.
We wrestled with big history this week. We celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and The Little Rock 5, Ruby Bridges, and the thousands of others who took a stand during the Civil Rights Era. To understand this better, we looked at primary source pictures -- these leaders, their actions, their speeches, their marches -- which brought them to life. We examined timelines and asked powerful questions. Again, another opportunity to look at the world -- right now -- and ask, "How can I be the world to one? What do I want to say that makes a difference?"
We've been crafting expository pieces to a prompt and deepening our understanding of developing details. It's much more fun to read details where we can see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and feel than simply reading a list. They are learning to CRAFT pieces.
In reading, we read a beautiful book called, "Come with me." I highly recommend you rent it or borrow it from the library. As teachers and moms, it was a delicately crafted, yet very clear way of how to handle "tough conversations" with your kiddos when it comes to things happening in the world. Seriously one of my favorites of all time (Forrest). That's saying a lot with the amount of books I have read with children.
Know that your kids may have questions rolling around in their heads and hearts that they don't know how to ask. We've told them that big wonderings and feelings are so important and valid. Adults can't know that kids are questioning until they ask. Maybe prompt a quiet conversation. Ask them what they're hearing around them and how that makes them feel.
We're able to conceptualize fractions in so many ways now. Logical reasoning, number lines, and area models all help us to order and compare fractions. This week we used benchmark fractions like 1/2 to help us show fractions across a number line. We added and subtracted fractions with like denominators and continue to develop our understanding of equivalency. Equivalent fractions provide an opportunity to connect multiplication, division, and our understanding of fraction relationships. Big work for sure!
We wrestled with big history this week. We celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and The Little Rock 5, Ruby Bridges, and the thousands of others who took a stand during the Civil Rights Era. To understand this better, we looked at primary source pictures -- these leaders, their actions, their speeches, their marches -- which brought them to life. We examined timelines and asked powerful questions. Again, another opportunity to look at the world -- right now -- and ask, "How can I be the world to one? What do I want to say that makes a difference?"
We've been crafting expository pieces to a prompt and deepening our understanding of developing details. It's much more fun to read details where we can see, hear, smell, taste, touch, and feel than simply reading a list. They are learning to CRAFT pieces.
In reading, we read a beautiful book called, "Come with me." I highly recommend you rent it or borrow it from the library. As teachers and moms, it was a delicately crafted, yet very clear way of how to handle "tough conversations" with your kiddos when it comes to things happening in the world. Seriously one of my favorites of all time (Forrest). That's saying a lot with the amount of books I have read with children.
Know that your kids may have questions rolling around in their heads and hearts that they don't know how to ask. We've told them that big wonderings and feelings are so important and valid. Adults can't know that kids are questioning until they ask. Maybe prompt a quiet conversation. Ask them what they're hearing around them and how that makes them feel.
We're able to conceptualize fractions in so many ways now. Logical reasoning, number lines, and area models all help us to order and compare fractions. This week we used benchmark fractions like 1/2 to help us show fractions across a number line. We added and subtracted fractions with like denominators and continue to develop our understanding of equivalency. Equivalent fractions provide an opportunity to connect multiplication, division, and our understanding of fraction relationships. Big work for sure!
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