The students spent some time working together and researching important dates on their IPads that were significant in Dr. Martin Luther King's life.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Food Chain Stations
Throughout the room, I set up 7 different food chain stations for the students to rotate through.
Each group had to work together to open their bag, view the organisms, and place them in the correct order. When they were sure about their order (producer, 1st level consumer, 2nd level consumer and tertiary consumer), they checked their progress by opening the Answer Key envelope.
When the timer went off - they only had about one minute! - they shuffled their cards, placed them back in the bag and moved on to their next station.
They had a blast! It really got them thinking, moving and working together!
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Literacy Block
Guided Reading/ Center Time!
These pictures depict the kiddos Working with the Teacher (We are reading Manic Magee), Word Work (homophones), Work on Writing (writing a modern day fairy tale), Read to Self (The Golden Mare, the Firebird and the Magic Ring), and Work on Math (task cards and IPads) stations. Each center is about 12 minutes in length. When the timer goes off, they clean up/organize and rotate to their next station.
These pictures depict the kiddos Working with the Teacher (We are reading Manic Magee), Word Work (homophones), Work on Writing (writing a modern day fairy tale), Read to Self (The Golden Mare, the Firebird and the Magic Ring), and Work on Math (task cards and IPads) stations. Each center is about 12 minutes in length. When the timer goes off, they clean up/organize and rotate to their next station.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Happy New Year!
It's hard to believe we are already into 2014! I am so pleased with all the hard work and dedication the students have displayed this year.
A few things we will be working on in the coming weeks:
Science - We will continue to explore ecosystems, food chains, food webs and food pyramids. Additionally, we will begin our first Web Quest. I am doing my best to see to it that the children are able to complete much of this project in class. However, there may be some times that they will have to do a bit of research at home as well.
From there we will move on to studying Biomes and how human interactions can cause changes in ecosystems.
Math - Currently, we are working on estimating, adding, and subtracting decimals. They are doing great! We will then begin multiplying and dividing decimals, and move on to an introduction to fractions. The students will have several opportunities to work on these skills independently and in small groups during our Guided Reading/Center time.
Reading/Writing/ELA - The focus/skills for this unit will be finding and determining themes in fables and fairytales, and fictional narrative writing pieces. In addition to that, we will continue to work towards mastering the skill of picking out main idea/supporting details and summarizing.
I am encouraging the children to check out different versions of familiar fairy tales and compare them to modern fairy tales that they are interested in. As we will reading these types of books during our Read to Self and Read to Someone literature centers, please feel free to send any of these books in to share. (Make sure your name or your child's name is written somewhere in the book so that these treasures may be returned to the proper owner!)
Stay warn and safe in this bitter cold January!
Happy Reading,
Mrs. Rosenberg
A few things we will be working on in the coming weeks:
Science - We will continue to explore ecosystems, food chains, food webs and food pyramids. Additionally, we will begin our first Web Quest. I am doing my best to see to it that the children are able to complete much of this project in class. However, there may be some times that they will have to do a bit of research at home as well.
From there we will move on to studying Biomes and how human interactions can cause changes in ecosystems.
Math - Currently, we are working on estimating, adding, and subtracting decimals. They are doing great! We will then begin multiplying and dividing decimals, and move on to an introduction to fractions. The students will have several opportunities to work on these skills independently and in small groups during our Guided Reading/Center time.
Reading/Writing/ELA - The focus/skills for this unit will be finding and determining themes in fables and fairytales, and fictional narrative writing pieces. In addition to that, we will continue to work towards mastering the skill of picking out main idea/supporting details and summarizing.
I am encouraging the children to check out different versions of familiar fairy tales and compare them to modern fairy tales that they are interested in. As we will reading these types of books during our Read to Self and Read to Someone literature centers, please feel free to send any of these books in to share. (Make sure your name or your child's name is written somewhere in the book so that these treasures may be returned to the proper owner!)
Stay warn and safe in this bitter cold January!
Happy Reading,
Mrs. Rosenberg
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