New Target Work

I can't believe we have arrived at the third trimester!

I am still trying to figure out where fall went and here we are getting ready for spring!

We have had an amazing week filled with hard work.

The class has been very excited to start our new social studies geography unit.

They are asking excellent questions!

So far we have learned the seven continents, four oceans, and the following landforms:

continent

mountain

hill

plateau

valley

island

peninsula

We learned that a landform is a naturally occurring part of the Earth; people did not create it.

The students should also be able to give descriptions of each of the above landforms.

We started creating a book that shows their place in the world.

It begins with the child and will eventually take them to the world.

This week we worked on the first 2 pages.

Working together to answer a geography question.

 Giving the signal to show their table is ready!

 The class loves graphing!

This week we used data from a made up class to create a pictograph and bar graph.

This helped us learned to organize information and how to interpret information contained in each type of graph.

The next day we learned that sometimes the images in a pictograph do not always represent 1.

We worked on this together.

During literacy we are looking at how a character acts, what they think, or what they say and 

using that information to describe the character.

We watched a video and focused on one very dramatic character.

We wanted to use interesting vocabulary to describe, rather than saying happy or sad.

In the video Lola had a range of emotions from feeling amazed to disappointed to proud.

The pink paper you see us holding is our list of character traits. 

 The following pictures show us working at our various literacy centers.

We work on word work, writing, independent reading and comprehension, listening to reading,  reading with a partner, and meeting with the teacher.

We read Arthur's Pet Business to practice our extends reading target.

The students will have to respond to a hypothetical "what if" scenario.

This would be great practice at home after reading together!

 Today we played a St. Patrick's Day math game which continued our practice of math facts and groups of ten.

Have a great weekend!