Second Grade readers worked with a thought-provoking book, Mr. Lincoln's Way. We honed our Mountain Language, contextual Homonym skills, and also made Memory Maps of a special place as a prewriting strategy for personal narrative.
Third Graders have been examining nonfiction and short text. We have been emphasizing margin notes as an essential strategy to understanding text! We also read Ruth and the Green Book, a narrative about a girl's journey from the north to the south during segregation.
Fourth Grade had their MOY II Benchmark this week, and we've been using the rubric to look at where we are currently and what we need to continue to work on in expository writing.
This week fourth graders learned about units of time and elapsed time. We made a poster comparing two units of time and created clock tower story problems to practice elapsed time.
Third graders compared fractions with the same denominators and then with the same numerators. We used fractions strips as a visual to help us determine which fractions was larger.
Second graders started the week off learning about equal groups that lead us into multiplication. We also learned how to play a game called Circles and Stars that reinforces multiplication.
All three grade levels ended the week using conversation hearts to do some fun Valentine math.
In social studies, we completed our Frederick Douglass digital timelines and learned of another abolitionist in Henry's Freedom Box. Students made connections, analyzed figurative language within the text, and empathized by describing what his experience would've been like. We practiced our questioning skills with a digital response program called Verso. After carefully observing a comparative map of the slave and free states, students responded with a question. Once they posted their wondering, they were able to view--and respond to--their peers' questions!
And now comes YOUR homework assignment, parents (optional, but highly encouraged)! We would love to share a video with you and get your feedback. Please click here to go to Verso and join the with the code given to your student (third and fourth graders had a chance to try this out; second will next week). We thought this would be a great opportunity for you to experience one of the many ways we interact in the classroom!
Thanks again for all of the Valentine's love...have a wonderful weekend!
SBLC Crew
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