A Week in Review
September 24 - 28
Dear Families in Room 210,
What a week! Between football talk (replacement refs, Seahawks 2-1, Husky Nation) and Walkathon excitement, we managed to fit in a lot of learning! Let's start with celebrating our Virtue Award winners!
Virtues Awards:
Matthew C. for consistently showing the virtues of
RESPONSIBILITY and SELF-DISCIPLINE. Matthew always has a positive attitude and
is ready to learn!
Tim P. for showing the virtues of FLEXIBILITY and
COURTESY when he willingly switched lunch helper days with a classmate even though it mean that he'll have to wait until November to be a lunch helper. Thank
you for setting such a wonderful example of these virtues!
Reading:
How do readers ensure that they understand the author's message? That was a question we discussed and analyzed this week as we talked about what "fix-it" strategies we use when meaning breaks down and we get confused. We also thought about punctuation and how that can help us understand as well as how we figure out unknown words. We actively looked for places we used these strategies during our independent reading time. We were focused and thinking critically about what good readers do to make sure that they are understanding what they are reading. This important work lays a foundation for when we are reading required readings (now and in middle school) and the text poses challenges for us.
Writing:
Our Writing Workshop time this week has continued to focus on memoirs. We looked at different memoirs and analyzed the "voice" that each of the author's wrote with. We found evidence in the memoirs that showed us the "writer behind the words". We also created timelines of important and memorable events in our lives and from that timeline we selected one to write about. This event will become our memoir and our first writing assessment. Students will take their piece through the entire writing process (brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, publish) independently.
Math:
Unit 1 is DONE! This first unit allowed me to see how each student works in math, their confidence level, and their ability to problem solve. Students took the end-of-unit assessment on Tuesday.We went over the results as a class and discussed the problems that were tricky. We also took a pre-assessment for our next unit, "Perimeter and Area". We connected literacy and math together in a fabulous lesson led by Mr. Kealhofer, our student teacher, on exponents. He used the book One Grain of Rice by Demi. Students were asked the question, "Did the main character make the right decision to ask for only 1 grain of rice to be doubled everyday?" We watched a "Brain Pop!" clip on exponents to solidify our learning.
Social Studies:
We wrapped up our geography unit and took our end-of-unit assessment. Students worked hard to study and show what they know on the test. The assessment measured their knowledge on geographic terms and physical features of the United States. Knowing these physical features will help us in our Science unit!
Science:
What can you create with craft sticks. earth material, cubes, rulers, and trays? Why a model of our school playground! As we started our Landforms Science unit, students worked in pairs to create a model of our school playground. We discussed three Science vocabulary words that were key to the lesson: model, boundaries, and structure. We also organized our Science Journals so that we have a specific place to keep our notes and vocabulary words/definitions.
It was another fantastic week of learning in our classroom. We voted on our Walkathon country and agreed on Ireland. We also voted on a name, "Lucky Charms". (A special thank you to Karyn and Deena, our room moms for helping out with the Walkathon banner!) The students were enthusiastic and motivated to learn. I appreciate their friendly and social nature, keeps me on my toes and makes learning fun!
Happy Friday,
Mrs. Hatlestad
Important Dates:
Reading:
How do readers ensure that they understand the author's message? That was a question we discussed and analyzed this week as we talked about what "fix-it" strategies we use when meaning breaks down and we get confused. We also thought about punctuation and how that can help us understand as well as how we figure out unknown words. We actively looked for places we used these strategies during our independent reading time. We were focused and thinking critically about what good readers do to make sure that they are understanding what they are reading. This important work lays a foundation for when we are reading required readings (now and in middle school) and the text poses challenges for us.
Writing:
Our Writing Workshop time this week has continued to focus on memoirs. We looked at different memoirs and analyzed the "voice" that each of the author's wrote with. We found evidence in the memoirs that showed us the "writer behind the words". We also created timelines of important and memorable events in our lives and from that timeline we selected one to write about. This event will become our memoir and our first writing assessment. Students will take their piece through the entire writing process (brainstorm, draft, revise, edit, publish) independently.
Math:
Unit 1 is DONE! This first unit allowed me to see how each student works in math, their confidence level, and their ability to problem solve. Students took the end-of-unit assessment on Tuesday.We went over the results as a class and discussed the problems that were tricky. We also took a pre-assessment for our next unit, "Perimeter and Area". We connected literacy and math together in a fabulous lesson led by Mr. Kealhofer, our student teacher, on exponents. He used the book One Grain of Rice by Demi. Students were asked the question, "Did the main character make the right decision to ask for only 1 grain of rice to be doubled everyday?" We watched a "Brain Pop!" clip on exponents to solidify our learning.
Social Studies:
We wrapped up our geography unit and took our end-of-unit assessment. Students worked hard to study and show what they know on the test. The assessment measured their knowledge on geographic terms and physical features of the United States. Knowing these physical features will help us in our Science unit!
Science:
What can you create with craft sticks. earth material, cubes, rulers, and trays? Why a model of our school playground! As we started our Landforms Science unit, students worked in pairs to create a model of our school playground. We discussed three Science vocabulary words that were key to the lesson: model, boundaries, and structure. We also organized our Science Journals so that we have a specific place to keep our notes and vocabulary words/definitions.
It was another fantastic week of learning in our classroom. We voted on our Walkathon country and agreed on Ireland. We also voted on a name, "Lucky Charms". (A special thank you to Karyn and Deena, our room moms for helping out with the Walkathon banner!) The students were enthusiastic and motivated to learn. I appreciate their friendly and social nature, keeps me on my toes and makes learning fun!
Happy Friday,
Mrs. Hatlestad
Important Dates:
1-Oct - DI and Sponge
language programs begin
2-Oct - second
money/pledge collection for the Walkathon
5-Oct - Leadership Camp Field Trip
5-Oct - Leadership Camp Field Trip
9-Oct - third money/pledge
collection for the Walkathon
10-Oct - Walkathon/Spirit Day
+ Crazy Hair Day - 12:00-3:00 PM
11-Oct
- All-School Pajama Day
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