This week we joined Braeden as he shared some of his favorites with us. He brought several wonderful pictures of his family to show us and many items in his share sack. Some of those items include a first place medal from his jui jitsu tournament, a "Scorpion frozen in glass" souvenir from his vacation and a pocket watch with his dad's initials passed down to him. He enjoyed sharing a lunch with both his mom and dad, and read his favorite Dr. Seuss book to the class.
Reading
Last week students partnered up to learn more about biographies. Each student read a book about a famous person from our history. Together, partnerships compared and contrasted the famous people they had read about. This week students began our new unit of study on mysteries. Each student has a case file with a book and information inside that will help them investigate the mystery genre. Students studied the 'ingredients' found in mystery stories and enjoyed an episode of Scooby-Doo to practice locating those ingredients. Soon students will join book clubs as they read and discuss mystery books in small groups.
Writing
Students recently wrapped up our information unit of study, where each student published a book on a topic they consider themselves an expert on. Along with sharing the books with each other, students will partner up with a 2nd grade class next week to share their knowledge and all of their hard work.
Math
Students just took the Unit 3 math test on Friday. Throughout the week much review was taking place to help students perfect their understanding of measurements, clocks and graphs prior to the test on Friday. Students measured each others jumps and graphed the class's results.
Social Studies
To finish our region tour of the northeast, students made scrapbook pages in their social studies binders with the many souvenirs from stops along our train trip. Look for these binders to come home this week!
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