Sorry for the delayed blog post. It has been a very busy week! We celebrated Malagasy culture, prepared for student let conferences, and had our International Food Fair. Thanks to all of the families who were able to make it to these events! We have also been busy learning. We spent a great deal of time in Math, working on making change, and have begun a week long unit on Fractions. We have been learning about, cutting, and sharing things equally. At home this week, please have your child cut things into pieces, share objects amongst yourselves or their siblings, and discuss everyday objects that are broken into equal shares. (For example, I am looking at my window frame, and television stand currently). Continue to help your child learn about change by giving them small amounts of money and having them buy things from the local shops around. I do, however, understand how difficult this is using Ariary as even small amounts of money are still large denominations. In Language Arts, we have really gotten into the 'voice trait' of writing. We have been discussing the different voices that are used in familiar stories. We have been learning that words and pictures help us convey our voice in our writing. Today we read the story 'Dog Breath'. The voice was silly. We thought of our own silly ideas and each wrote our own way that the children in the story could help the dog, Hally, get rid of her bad breath. Our Unit of Inquiry time continues to be focused on community places, helpers, and their tools/responsibilities. Today we sorted pictures, and descriptions of each different helpers into categories. We will begin to take a closer look at our school helpers later in the week. Tomorrow we are holding student-led conferences. If you have yet to sign up for a slot, I suggest you do so here
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