Math
- Finished Unit 9 and worked on the unit math review in class on Friday
- Unit 9 test on Monday--as we wrote in their planners, students should study for the test over the weekend
Reading
- Worked on the reading skill of comparing/contrasting using two different photos. We did some whole class and teacher modeling, and then students tried it independently on a new set of photos. Students made some great inferences and conclusions about the similarities and differences they saw
- Started to talk about theme (the lesson or author's message)--we'll do more with this next week
Writing
- We're going in to publishing mode! Many students finished their rough drafts of their realistic fiction stories and conferenced with me. We'll do more conferences the beginning of this week and get everyone publishing their picture books. Very exciting!
Social Studies
- Delved deeper in our Pacific Rim Trade unit. Learned about Fair Trade through a story called Zapizapu. Ask your student to tell you about this. Specifically, what drink from our lives does Zapizapu represent and what is some evidence from the story to support this?
- Students met in small expert groups and read about one of five different Pacific Rim countries. They highlighted, mind mapped the information, and planned a presentation for the class, plus worked a bit on a visual aid poster. Groups presented their information on Friday to the class and we all took notes.
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