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Well yesterday we definitely got that burst of winter to remind us we are in New England, but it may feel like Spring this weekend! Hoping we can all enjoy it a bit! Room 15 dove into Fractions this week. We started by just exploring playing a fraction cookie game using pattern blocks and the explored some more using fraction bars as we started to look at equivalent fractions. NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) has some great interactive games students can play to work on matching fractions to a diagram, as well as games to find equivalent fractions. We spent some time on on the NCTM Illumination site playing concentration This is a game they can play by themselves or can play against you! We also have a game of "UNO" using equivalent fractions and I am happy to send it home over the weekend or during the week for a night if you'd like to play with your child. We ended the week looking at factors & multiples, finding the Least Common Multiple and Greatest Common Factor to get ready to start adding fractions next week! Great effort so far! We continue to work on our Fiction Sign Posts looking at Tough Questions and Words of the Wiser this week. Sometimes in a story a character who is probably older and wiser takes the main character aside and gives them serious advice. When this happens we should stop and ask "What's the life lesson, and how might it affect the character?" Students had some great discussions about these questions. We used an excerpt from Riding Freedom one of our books from our book tasting to dig into this strategy. Speaking of our book tasting, our Starbooks Cafe was a big hit. I have an awful lot of excited kiddos ready and raring to get going on historical fiction next week! I know I cannot wait for the discussions as they learn more about the interesting characters in their books. Once again, thank you for the Amazon card which allowed me to purchase enough of The War The Saved My Life, so that all students who wrote this was their first choice, the book they "had to read", will be able to begin on Monday! Happy Readers = Happy Teacher ! :) In Writing, we started looking at different types of conclusions that can be used for narratives. We are using examples from different picture books to give us some ideas about how we might make our endings more exciting! I can't wait to see how students revise this important part of their stories! In Science, we continue to work on individual google slide presentations on a planet and dug into gravity this week. We also started to look at the patterns of day and night and how the Sun and Moon impact these patterns! Students are doing a better job asking questions and making connections to what they already know. Looking forward to another full week next week! Have a wonderful weekend! Maura Important Dates to Remember: Monday, January 13 - Community Meeting 9AM Wednesday, January 15 - Field trip to South Shore Art Center - All students need to bring a peanut free bagged lunch Monday, January 20 - Martin Luther King Jr Day - NO SCHOOL
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