Sunday, January 31, 2016
Monday, January 25, 2016
Room 27 News
LEARN LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Weeks of 1/22/2016
Tom McCabe from Paint Box Theater was here again this week. Tom told us a story and continued to help us with our writing. In science we participated in the Marble Run. The challenge was to create a 3 dimensional freestanding marble run. The marble must travel at least 40 centimeters and you can only use the materials given. See pictures above. In social studies we continued our study of the Southwest Region of the United States. In writing, we used Voicethread to record our stories. VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables users to add voice, images, documents, and videos, and to which other users can add voice, text, audio file, or video comments. In reading, we continued biography and open response questions. In math we completed a Math Assessment on multiplication and division.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Room 27 News
LEARN LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Weeks of 1/8/2016
We continued the school wide read of The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. We will continue to read this book for our reading homework. Also Tom McCabe from Paint Box Theater was here again this week. Tom worked with us on our story about a barn. In science we continued our study of energy and transfer of energy. We used marbles to explain transfer of energy. In social studies we started our study of the Southwest Region of the United States. We continued the project on the Northeast Region of the United States in Technology class with Google drawing. In writing we finished our fictional writing piece and worked on drawings for our stories. We will use Voicethread next week to record our stories. VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool that enables users to add voice, images, documents, and videos, and to which other users can add voice, text, audio file, or video comments. In reading, we continued biography and open response questions. In math we continued division. Your child should study math facts each night which will help with division.
Your child should read for at least 20 minutes nightly, complete the Reading log and parent/guardian should sign the reading log.
MATH TIP OF THE WEEK: Teach your child math tricks, such as the 9-method.
Example: To figure out 9 x 7, hold out all 10 fingers. Start counting at the pinky finger on your left hand, and then lower the seventh finger (the index finger on your right hand). There are now six fingers to the left and three fingers to the right of the seventh finger. The answer is 63. The trick works with 9 x 2 through 9 x 10.
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Important Dates:
1/18 No school, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day
1/25 No school, Teacher Professional Development
Friday, January 8, 2016
Room 27 News
LEARN LIKE A CHAMPION TODAY
Weeks of 1/8/2016
This week we started the school wide read of The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling. Each student was given his/her own copy of the book. We will continue to read this book for our reading homework. Each day we will read a chapter. In science we continued our study of energy and types of energy. In social studies we started the Northeast region of the United States and we will complete a project in Technology class with Google drawing and the Northeast Region. In writing we finished our fictional writing piece. In reading, we worked on author’s purpose, biography and open response questions. In math we started division. Your child should study math facts each night which will help with division.
Your child should read for at least 20 minutes nightly, complete the Reading log and parent/guardian should sign the reading log.
MATH TIP OF THE WEEK: Ask your child to explain what he or she learned in math class today. Letting children take the teacher role gives them the chance to practice new skills and to clarify their thinking on a lesson.
Please visit our class website at wsps.org
or
Important Dates:
1/18 No school, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day
1/25 No school, Teacher Professional Development
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