What Are We Learning This Week?

Here's a quick look at what we are learning this week!

Writing: We continue to work on poetry! The students' notebooks are filling up with all different kinds of poems and they are having so much fun! This week we are working on color poems, 5 senses poems, comparison poems (learning about similies), and shape poems. We will begin publishing poems next week.... I'm thinking a class book of poems!

Math: Students continue to strengthen their understanding of place value and working with two-digit numbers. We are comparing numbers and using the symbols to describe greater than/less than/equal to (+  -  =). Students will use a number line this week as they work with comparing two-digit numbers. In addition, we are doing some subtraction review and some of us are working on more complex multi-step story problems.

Reading: We are still in our story elements unit. This week we are doing responses in our reading notebook. Students are filling out a variety of story maps but we are also analyzing characters and students are providing their opinion about stories and characters. Last week students created reading "wigs" and they are independently tracking them! They were SO excited to start this and are doing a great job tracking their progress!

----> What is a WIG? A WIG is a "wildly important goal"! Students have set a reading level goal based on their data and movement so far this year. Students have chosen 1 "lead measure" (what they need to do to meet the goal) and are tracking this daily in their leadership notebooks. The Lead Measures they chose from:
1. Practice Sight Words
2. Stay focused during reading time
3. Do something when finished (retell, reread, respond, etc.)
4. Find and define 5 new words in my vocabulary notebook
5. Personalized lead measure based on student's needs

Social Studies: Students continue to learn about American Symbols with Ms. Baum. They are working hard on creating their symbols books.