Prioritization was the theme of the week. We worked on making time for "big rocks" and letting the littler things come later.
This week in ELA, we've been focusing on important review, as well as our novels. In Some Kind of Courage, we learned about how writers use the climax of a story, and how the resolution of the character's struggle then influences the remainder of the book. We cried together as Joseph finally found a home too -- happy endings are always good! Fourth Grade actually invented a new Mnemonic for us...C SECRET -- Character -- Setting, Experience, Climax, Resolution, Evolution (character change), and Theme. AWESOME! We are so excited to know the complexities in writing, and how we can analyze it with such detail. We've all been finishing our final drafts, preparing for publishing next week.
Math has also been about review of many topics and vocabulary this week. It's been exciting for 4th grade to remember where they were at the beginning of the year and to see how far they've come in their understanding of place value, input-output tables, and multistep problem solving using all 4 operations. 2nd and 3rd have been learning different ways to represent data. So far our favorites are frequency tables and dot plots. Today all grade levels voted on a name for our leopard gecko and will represent this data in a variety of ways next week.
In science, second and third graders continued to edit and revise their drought presentations. After adding their research findings about the effects of drought and how to mitigate it, they enhanced their slideshows with pictures and transitions.
We ended the week with a gallery walk to share our presentations with our fellow scientists!
Fourth grade historians spent the first part of the week as empresarios, or land agents, determining who should be included in Austin's Old 300. They demonstrated some serious critical thinking skills as they reviewed replica applications from potential colonists.
Instead of going to the Alamo, we brought the Alamo to US! Today, we had the opportunity to examine some artifacts and replicas from an Alamo History Trunk. We observed artifacts, made predictions about what they were (things were a bit different in the 1830s!) and spent lots of time discussing with our fellow historians.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Your SBLC coaches
This week in ELA, we've been focusing on important review, as well as our novels. In Some Kind of Courage, we learned about how writers use the climax of a story, and how the resolution of the character's struggle then influences the remainder of the book. We cried together as Joseph finally found a home too -- happy endings are always good! Fourth Grade actually invented a new Mnemonic for us...C SECRET -- Character -- Setting, Experience, Climax, Resolution, Evolution (character change), and Theme. AWESOME! We are so excited to know the complexities in writing, and how we can analyze it with such detail. We've all been finishing our final drafts, preparing for publishing next week.
Math has also been about review of many topics and vocabulary this week. It's been exciting for 4th grade to remember where they were at the beginning of the year and to see how far they've come in their understanding of place value, input-output tables, and multistep problem solving using all 4 operations. 2nd and 3rd have been learning different ways to represent data. So far our favorites are frequency tables and dot plots. Today all grade levels voted on a name for our leopard gecko and will represent this data in a variety of ways next week.
In science, second and third graders continued to edit and revise their drought presentations. After adding their research findings about the effects of drought and how to mitigate it, they enhanced their slideshows with pictures and transitions.
We ended the week with a gallery walk to share our presentations with our fellow scientists!
Fourth grade historians spent the first part of the week as empresarios, or land agents, determining who should be included in Austin's Old 300. They demonstrated some serious critical thinking skills as they reviewed replica applications from potential colonists.
Instead of going to the Alamo, we brought the Alamo to US! Today, we had the opportunity to examine some artifacts and replicas from an Alamo History Trunk. We observed artifacts, made predictions about what they were (things were a bit different in the 1830s!) and spent lots of time discussing with our fellow historians.
Your SBLC coaches
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