Math Morning

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Thank you so much to all of you who were able to join in a morning of fun and learning at the Synergy Math Morning event. It was a great turn out and the students loved being able to be the teachers for the morning.

We ended the month by sharing our Realistic Fiction Trouble Stories with our book buddies. Before we were able to publish our pieces we had to make sure that we had all of the elements that we had been practicing this month. The writers needed to revise and be sure that the story had details about the character and how the character was feeling when the trouble happened. (Joe was terrified when he got lost!) The writers also had to revise their story and add something interesting about the setting of the story. (The basement was cold and smelly.) They needed to make sure that it was clear how the trouble got fixed (resolution). Then they needed to edit for spelling, punctuation, and clarity. The book buddies loved hearing our stories and we even able to offer some thoughtful feedback about how the second grade writers could make their stories even better.

Next month in Readers and Writers Workshop, we will be learning about Non-Fiction Conventions and will be using them to help us read non-fiction texts and write How-To Pieces to teach a reader about a procedure.

Stay Tuned!