Week of May 6th
Homework
1. Daily Reading for 15 to 20 minutes
2. Word Study for the Week of May 13 - We will be reviewing suffixes and prefixes
3. Student Read Aloud for Oral Sharing - please make sure your child is prepared for their day. Students should have practiced their book several times so they are able to read fluently with expression. They need to be prepared to share why they chose this book and be able to answer questions about the story.
Reminder:
May 17th - May 20th - No school for students for teacher professional development and Victoria Day. See you on Tuesday May 21st.
May 23rd - Please come join us for our Celebration of Learning on May 23rd. Save the date and watch our for more information soon.
Weekly Learning Update
Math
Language Arts
- Sensory Words
We are excited to share them with you at our Celebration of Learning!
We also started up our Reader's Workshop centers again this week.
Social Studies
This week we had fun trying to write words using the Ukrainian alphabet. We also used our textbooks to research more about Ukrainian culture and traditions. We watched an incredible video of traditional dancers in Ukraine.
We started learning about division. Division is splitting or sharing into equal groups. We have been relating division to what we already know about multiplication. We have been discussing fact families for example:
3 x 4 = 12
4 x 3 = 12
12÷3 = 4
12÷4 = 3
We also learned the mathematical terms of the parts of a division equation:
3 x 4 = 12
4 x 3 = 12
12÷3 = 4
12÷4 = 3
We also learned the mathematical terms of the parts of a division equation:
Language Arts
This week we started writing our explorer stories. During our planning stages we broke down our stories into sections. Beginning, problem, two solution attempts, solution and end. We have carefully been writing our stories section by section then going back and editing for spelling, punctuation, juicy words and all the elements that make a great story. We also shared our stories with partners and gave each other peer feedback, focusing on being kind, specific and helpful.
Our learning intention is to write an exciting and interesting story including detail and juicy words. Our success criteria is including words and phrases from each of the 4 S's:
- Sensory Words
- Specific Nouns
- Strong Verbs
- Show Not Tell
We are excited to share them with you at our Celebration of Learning!
We also started up our Reader's Workshop centers again this week.
Social Studies
This week we had fun trying to write words using the Ukrainian alphabet. We also used our textbooks to research more about Ukrainian culture and traditions. We watched an incredible video of traditional dancers in Ukraine.
