Friday, October 19, 2018

Week 8

The weeks seem to be moving quickly now!  Third graders were excited to find signs of the changing season outside at recess.  Our unit on recycling culminated this week with an on-demand informational writing piece.  It was thrilling to watch the class as they crafted their passionate opinion pieces, illustrating all they have learned!  In math we worked through solving multi-step double (and triple!) digit story problems with more confidence.  At the end of the week, students took an end of unit assessment.  Our focus in reading workshop this week was using the strategies of envisioning (making a movie in our minds of what is happening in the story) making predictions.  Students are getting more practice in writing a summary after they finish a book (making sure to include: characters, setting, problem and solution.)  Our week ended in the forest with a group of Dartmouth student teachers from "Growing Change."

Questions to spark conversation:
-What was the focus during our time in the forest this week?
-Where are you in the writing process (making revisions, working on a lead, typing up final draft?)
-What was special about Friday's reading workshop?
-What happened in lodges this week?







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