Sunday, October 9, 2016

Big Ben is Back, Paragraphs Under Construction, and Mystery Buildings

Big Ben is Back!
The highlight for students this week was having Ben the therapy dog visit our classroom. Ben will be joining us every Wednesday, during silent reading time, through November. The students met him last year and were very comfortable, and excited, to have him in our classroom this year. Ben is now 8 years old and only coming to our school a few days a week, rather than all week, so we are lucky to have him joining us!





Paragraphs Under Construction
This week we transitioned from grammar and sentence writing to constructing paragraphs. Students are working to identify the parts of a well written paragraph (i.e., a topic sentence, at least 3 detail sentences, and a closing sentence to restate the topic). They practiced by cutting up a sheet of sentences that were in random order and worked in groups to put the sentences together, in the correct order, to form a paragraph.







Mystery Buildings
During our Number Corner time, which is part of our math curriculum, students are working together to identify mystery buildings in our calendar grid by looking at clues. Every 4th day they need to identify a new mystery building. They are using cubes to help them take the 2-dimensional clues and turn them into 3-dimensional buildings.
















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