3B Blog: 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.