We had a fantastic Friday. This morning we worked with nickels and pennies to work on number bases of 5. Students had to trade in 5 pennies for a nickel. While we are not focusing strongly on American money while we live her in Madagascar, it is still important for students to learn about representing numbers in different ways, and being able to trade in 1s, 5s, and 10s.
In Language Arts, Mrs. Danielle came in to teach a very special vocabulary lesson. We are so lucky to have her doing her student teaching in our class, as we get to experience her richly planned lessons for her observations. She got 100% on her last lesson plan that she taught us from Liberty University in America. We are so proud of her, and are very supportive of her journey towards getting her second Masters degree. After that, we worked together to create rich silly sentences using adjectives, nouns and verbs, We structured them with a beginning (using a capital) then an adjective, noun, verb, and ending (with punctuation). You can click on the picture below to see how our silly sentences were created, and create some at home. While student wrote their silly sentences in their journals, we did our high-frequency word assessments. We put the words on post it notes, and rearrange their order to make sure that students have mastered these skills. During our UOI, we began to learn about the life cycle of a flower. We planted sunflower seeds, and gave them what they need soil, water, sun, and air. We wonder if we will see seedlings on Monday. On Monday we will be germinating bean seeds in our classroom window. While you are eating fruits and vegetables this weekend, please be sure to look at the seeds. If you want to send any in with your child to grow next week, we accept the challenge. Have a wonderful weekend!
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