Weekly Times November 24, 2012

Weekly Times November 24, 2012

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Units of Inquiry
STORY OF EARTH- Where We Are in Place and Time

• Thinking Journals- writing down our thinking and talking about it
• Changes project presentations - Gallery Walk- students were able to decided how to represent their changes to others - posters, Powerpoint, Keynote, Timeline, Poetry
• Animal Adaptations - an inquiry into an animal of choice and what makes it specially adapted to its environment
• Provocations - thinking about how we adapt to new situations with a lesson on origami in Japanese and working with blindfolded partners in PE
• Japanese Lesson Video:http://youtu.be/L5Ep0NgYmQY
• PE Blindfolded Soccer: http://youtu.be/H72eZ9FMKcc
• Adaptations activity with matching the animal and its adaptation (to be continued)
• Adaptations song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX8VQIJVpT

Language
Spelling - review of oi/oy and ow/ou
Writing - in thinking journal and what we are thankful for
Guided Reading Groups - Saving the Stegosaurus or Dinosaurs Before Dark
Read alouds: I Hate English

Peer Leader - videos - students saw an Ambrit-made video and reflected in their thinking journals about empathy and being caring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemswwtJopM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpMCFik7IZ8


Maths
Multiplication - quick check of 3's and 4's - students might make and use flash cards to help
Time - telling time on the clock to the minute as well as quarter past, half past and a quarter to the hour

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• Weekend Assignments:  - 
•  Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
•  Reading JOURNAL - I have written the same letter to each student asking them to write about the problem/solution as well as a character

Gallery Walk of Our Changes projects

Digital Presentations:

RM: http://youtu.be/kjzQXn8OrB8 

NC: http://youtu.be/TFvSjyQxta8

ND: http://youtu.be/SP34RyIgj9c

GT: http://youtu.be/wPtJgBJTeZk

CD: http://youtu.be/YyGf2nZGPGM

TK: http://youtu.be/3Stt85IQaSo

FT: http://youtu.be/PZ6AGRmGYyk

CS:

DN:

MM:

EA:  http://youtu.be/1a69-p4SeeQ

Weekly Times November 16, 2012

Weekly Times November 16, 2012

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Units of Inquiry

DIG IT - How the World Works
Field Trip to Rocca di Cave


STORY OF EARTH- Where We Are in Place and Time
Thinking Journals- writing down our thinking and talking about it
Thinking about changes - what are some of the biggest changes that we have experienced from when we were babies until now- Thinking about how to represent those changes to others
Changes project - students were able to decided how to represent their changes to others - posters, Powerpoint, Keynote, Timeline, Poetry

Language
Writing about the weekend or a story
Spelling - the letter y
        -often is a consonant at the beginning of a word
        -can be many vowels - long a, long e, long i, short i
        - when adding -s or -ed, if there is a consonant before the y, it becomes i then -es or -ed
        - when adding -s or -ed, if there is a vowel before the y, just add the ending
Guided Reading Groups - Saving the Stegosaurus or Dinosaurs Before Dark
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano

Peer Leaders - Empathy videos:
1.  http://youtu.be/bStrKzwYamo

2. http://youtu.be/61Ypt_2z7cw

3. http://youtu.be/l9fpGIhwrH4

4. http://youtu.be/iPTqzQu32u


Maths
Multiplication - quick check of 3's and 4's - students might make and use flash cards to help
Things that come in groups - real-life applications of multiplication- making up word problems with things that come in groups and solving one another's problems
Time - what we know about time and telling time on the clock

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• Weekend Assignments:  - 
•  Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
•  Reading JOURNAL - I have written the same letter to each student asking them to reflect on their reading so far.
• Personal Changes Project - Some students have brought home their projects to work on- it is not required but so nice.
• SCHOLASTIC ORDERS - this is a great chance to get some books for home and help us get more books for our class libraries!  Please send in your orders by Tuesday.

It was very exciting to see sheep!

Fossils of sea shells up in the hills of Lazio

Weekly Times November 10, 2012

Weekly Times November 10, 2012

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Units of Inquiry
DIG IT - How the World Works
Self assessment of posters
Class share of posters
Whole 3rd Grade Gallery Walk
Unit Reflection and Portfolio Selection

STORY OF EARTH- Where We Are in Place and Time
Baby pictures - trying to figure out whose is whose
Thinking Journals- writing down our thinking and talking about it
Thinking about changes - what are some of the biggest changes that we have experienced from when we were babies until now- Thinking about how to represent those changes to others....to be continued.

Language
Writing about the vacation- continue sharing next week
Read alouds: Magic School Bus: Voyage to the Volcano

Maths
Multiplication - quick check of 3's and 4's - students might make and use flash cards to help
Things that come in groups - real-life applications of multiplication

Special Event -
Puss In Boots - bilingual theatre production put on for the whole primary school

ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES

• FIELD TRIP - Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - please note:
• Pick up is between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. at school
• It may be colder up in the hills- children should dress warmly but in layers
• All children must bring lunch and a water bottle
• Weekend Assignments:  - 
•  Reading Log - Please read aloud with your child for 15 minutes - see letter in the LOG - children should have logged some reading at least 5 times this week with two being their banded books aloud to an adult - as usual
•  Reading JOURNAL - I have written the same letter to each student asking them to reflect on their reading so far.
• Math sheet - as you are out and about this weekend, try to notice things that come in groups....four wheels on a car, 6 cereal bars in a box, etc.  This will help in our investigation of multiplication.

GALLERY WALK

 OUR THINKING JOURNALS!