Tuesday 2/25

Writer's Workshop

Today we talked about judging collections. We thought about how judges at a dog show look at many different aspects of each dog and some are given prizes.  Then we all judged my collection of stuffed animals.  We thought about size, color, special features like a bow or words, texture, etc.. Here they are in order of number of votes they received.  The kids then wrote out a planner as to why that bear is the best.  They had to include:  an opening sentences (such as "I think bear 2 is the best bear.), 4 reasons for their opinion (For example: It's the biggest stuffed animal.  It's soft and fluffy.  It has a red bow.  It's the oldest bear." and a conclusion ("That's why I think it's the best bear in the collection.")

Continue the conversation at home: Ask your child which stuffed animal they would give second prize to. Ask them to give you four reasons why.

Math Centers- all about place value

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Dear Family:

In Open Circle this week, we began a multi-lesson unit on problem solving. In the coming weeks, we will be learning to use a three-step process for solving people problems. We began by talking about what a problem is. A problem is something that goes wrong, makes us feel worried or upset, or is a situation in which we need to decide what to do. We all have problems at school — in the classroom and on the playground. We even have problems as a whole class.

Today the kids drew a problem that they had and wrote about how they solved the problem.  Ask your child to tell you about their problem and solution.