January 26 – 30 (Week 21)
Math
We’ve been working so hard on
addition and we’ve been playing many games to help us master the concept. The
students have enjoyed playing games such as race to 100, math fight, and math
race to increase fluency with addition, especially with regrouping.
ELA
We are continuing to turn our
ordinary stories into “wow stories”! The kids have been reading their stories
from their writer’s notebooks with a partner in order to receive and give
feedback and advice on how to enhance their already wonderful stories! I’m not
surprised at how helpful they have been to one another, but I am surprised at
their honesty in giving pointers for improvement.
Social Studies
As we look at fairy tales, we are
also examining these fairy tales to see how they are similar and how they
differ across cultures. This week we looked at the fairy tale Cinderella. We
also looked at the Asian, African, and Native American version of the story. The
titles were Yeh-Shen, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, and Little
Burnt Face. The students compared the cultures by examining the characters
and setting of the stories. They also used this to predict what they thought
was important to each of the cultures. We had beautiful conversations around
the cultures and why certain aspects are more important to some cultures than
they are to others. This week we will be looking at many more fairy tales and
also folk tales to see what these stories can reveal to us about certain
cultures and how these cultures have helped to shape our country.
On Friday we there was a school wide Arts Day! We were able to participate in so many different activities and the students absolutely loved it!
Latin dancing with the Spring Valley High School!!
A few fairy's stopped by the school as well!
Porkchop Productions present: Little Red Riding Hood!!
Zumba with Mr. Abney!!
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