We all returned from our Thanksgiving Break rested, relaxed and well fed! This week we began a new theme unit called A World Of Difference. During this theme unit we will be joining up with Ms. Roger's class to learn about how we can celebrate our differences individually and culturally to create a more peaceful world for us all to live in. We started by practicing listening to each other as we shared where are names came from. The students all had very interesting things to share and we learned a lot about each other from this brief exercise. The next day, we discussed how we all have different physical characteristics and had fun thinking about our unique fingerprints using a website from NOVA. I have included this site in the Wonderful Website section.
In Math we have started a new unit based around strategies for addition, subtraction and probability. We will be working on strategies for fact fluency and getting an introduction to fractions using probability in Number Corner and Work Places.
In Reader's Workshop we celebrated the end of our November unit of study by creating a puppet of the character that we chose to study throughout the unit. The students then created a list of the inside and outside character traits that described their character. In the month of December we will be learning about different story elements (setting, characters, problem, solution) and how they help us to comprehend our reading.
I can't believe that 2011 is coming to an end. Here's to a peaceful holiday season.
My boys loved learning about the meaning of their names. We actually ended up looking up all of our names and telling the stories behind them. It opened the door for a great night as a family!
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