We are ending our 2nd/3rd grade math learning how to recognize and characterize shapes by their attributes and properties. Our first lesson was describing two-dimensional shapes according to their number of sides or angles. Our students were encouraged to use precise language when describing the shapes. For example, they described a pentagon as a shapeContinue reading “Shapes Galore”
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Project Time: Dinosaurs
Our students chose dinosaurs as their topic of choice for Project Time. They started the week doing a KWL chart that showed what they know, what they want to know and what they’ve learned. Today, the students did a project using kinetic sand and modeling clay. They wanted to know which material would make aContinue reading “Project Time: Dinosaurs”
Class 103 Loves to Read!
We are amazed by the progress that the our students have made with their reading! From the beginning of the school year to now, they have not only moved up reading levels but have also gained new skills. Our students have various periods of reading; Read- Aloud, Shared Reading, and Readers Workshop. So they areContinue reading “Class 103 Loves to Read!”
Phonics for the week of May 23rd.
Our students have been showing progress in Phonics. They have been learning and practicing letter sounds, blends, digraphs, and spelling words. The students uses what they’ve learned to support their reading and writing. During the period, the students are split into two groups but we start it as a whole class for Heggerty which isContinue reading “Phonics for the week of May 23rd.”
New Week, New Units
We had our reading and writing celebration two weeks ago and assessed the students on the first two topics of our Math Module 7. Last week we started our non-fiction writing unit and non-fiction reading unit. This week for math, we started Topic C which reinforces the measurement concepts and skills that was learned inContinue reading “New Week, New Units”