During our math block, we are all working with number operations.
Students working with Ms. Buerger are focusing on using place value to add two digit numbers with one digit numbers. We'll move to working on subtraction next. Learning to use an open number line for both addition and subtraction is a strategy that we are becoming more comfortable with. Students are also working to compare tow-digit numbers by showing an understanding of place value. Students working with Mrs. Kopp are continuing to practice multiplying and dividing numbers one to one hundred, as well as, solving real-life and multi-step word problems. They are also working on connecting their understanding of multiplication in order find the area and perimeter of a given shape or space. Mrs. Moll's math group is working on strategies to use when adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers. Students are using a variety of strategies to show how they solve problems and how they break numbers apart using place value and landmark numbers. Lessons involve using a time line to show the years different family members were born. They then used the time line to solve problems to determine the ages of the family members at different times of their lives. All three rooms are reading many biographies. We are learning about the various contributions of important people. Who invented the shoe-lasting machine? What is a shoe-lasting machine? How are contributions Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King related? Students are using several resources to help answer the questions they have as they read about or hear a story about a well-known person. We are working to find and use evidence to support our thinking. Ask your child who they've learned about recently. You might be surprised!
One website we use is PebbleGo. Students are able to access it through our school website. In homerooms, all three classes are learning about how things have changed over time. We are looking at health, housing, food, jobs, transportation, education, recreation, clothing and communication. Each homeroom is researching two areas and will come up with a way to show the other classrooms what they've learned. On Monday, we had the chance to participate in a program called Google Expedition to go on a virtual field trip. The experience allowed students to go back in time and see a covered wagon and how people lived and traveled in the past. It was a great connection to our reading of Cassie's Journey.
We hope that projects are coming along and will be ready next Tuesday, April 12. As with the last project, we will send home the self-assessment for your child to complete. We will also send a copy of the project via email or a flash drive for you to watch with your child. The 76s and 87s continued a PALs tradition of making hats. We read several books about hats. Students enjoyed decorating their hats and could hardly wait to wear them! Each of the 76s and 87s also wrote about their hats. We hope you had a chance to see all of the hats hanging in the hall during conferences. This year the 87s presented the play "Caps for Sale". The 76s made and sold paper caps for the other PALs to buy. Learning about money and practicing counting and making change are skills we work on when we do our hats. |
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