Thursday, October 10, 2013
Texas Regions Posters
There are four fabulous regions in Texas. Each group did research on their region and made a poster to show what their regions had to offer Texas.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
October
What we are learning in October:
Math- we are finishing up multiplication of 2x2 digit numbers this week. Next week we will dive into perimeter and area. Then we will be starting division and continuing that until Thanksgiving.
Science- Weather is where is it at! We will be looking at the difference between weather and climate, but also learning about weather patterns, storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and weather mapping.
Reading- We are still fine tuning our reading comprehension skills (sequencing, main idea, summarizing, context clues, character traits, etc). We will start a whole class book club shortly to teach them about how a book club should look and sound (discussions). I'm so excited to announce... we will be starting Wordly Wise vocabulary next week, yea!!! I will alternate Spelling and Wordly Wise each week. The only Wordly Wise homework they will be bringing home is Wordly Wise D. It is a reading passage (which helps with reading comprehension, deeper thinking, and teaching them to look back into the passage for answers) with 15 questions to be answered using a wordly wise vocabulary word in each sentence. I will place a sticker on the front of the book to remind students of the expectations when answering the questions. Parts A-D will be done in class.
Writing- We are about to finish up our personal narratives, and then will dive into some poetry. I love teaching poetry! A noun is a person, place, or thing as School House Rock taught us. In grammar the focus is on nouns and then on to verbs.
Texas History- We are presenting our regions posters today, so look for pictures to be posted soon! Then we start to learn about the explorers that came to Texas and native Americans that our great state.
Math- we are finishing up multiplication of 2x2 digit numbers this week. Next week we will dive into perimeter and area. Then we will be starting division and continuing that until Thanksgiving.
Science- Weather is where is it at! We will be looking at the difference between weather and climate, but also learning about weather patterns, storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and weather mapping.
Reading- We are still fine tuning our reading comprehension skills (sequencing, main idea, summarizing, context clues, character traits, etc). We will start a whole class book club shortly to teach them about how a book club should look and sound (discussions). I'm so excited to announce... we will be starting Wordly Wise vocabulary next week, yea!!! I will alternate Spelling and Wordly Wise each week. The only Wordly Wise homework they will be bringing home is Wordly Wise D. It is a reading passage (which helps with reading comprehension, deeper thinking, and teaching them to look back into the passage for answers) with 15 questions to be answered using a wordly wise vocabulary word in each sentence. I will place a sticker on the front of the book to remind students of the expectations when answering the questions. Parts A-D will be done in class.
Writing- We are about to finish up our personal narratives, and then will dive into some poetry. I love teaching poetry! A noun is a person, place, or thing as School House Rock taught us. In grammar the focus is on nouns and then on to verbs.
Texas History- We are presenting our regions posters today, so look for pictures to be posted soon! Then we start to learn about the explorers that came to Texas and native Americans that our great state.
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