January 28th, 2016

Daily 5:

During Daily 5 students continued to work on their picture prompt writing, as well Read to Self, or work on Word Work.  A number of students have recognized that fluency is a goal that they should be working on.  Parents can help their child with fluency by following the below strategies at home:

1. Have your child choose a different paragraph from the story they are reading each day. Have them reread that paragraph until they can read it smoothly, with expression, and read all the words correctly. This practice doesn’t take long, only five to eight minutes each day.
   
2. Remind your child that he/she must be reading from a good-fit book. If the book is too difficult, your child’s energy will be spent on decoding words and not on fluent reading.
   
3. Model what fluent reading sounds like by reading aloud to your child. Then, have your child reread a paragraph they have heard you read. 
   

A number of students had an opportunity to share a story that they have been working on during Daily 5.  Below are a few pictures of students sharing their stories.

Gym Class:

During gym students participated in a number of activities.  Please see below for a picture.

Math Class:

During math class students continued to work on their multiplication facts with the games Math War and "All Hands on Deck".  Once the students finished working with the games they worked individually or in groups to answer one of the questions below.  Students were encouraged to answer the question by using the Think, Solve, and Answer method.  Please ask you child about this method.

Inquiry Class (Science):
During inquiry students continued to create their water filtration system.  We are going to test the water filtration systems Monday.  Below are some pictures of the process the students used to create their the water filtration system.

Inquiry Class (Social Studies):

Students wrote jot notes while watching a video on students attending a school in Peru.  Tomorrow, students will work in groups to compare the school system between India, Peru, and Canada.  

If available please have your child bring in, additional information on the school system of India or Peru (via, book, magazine, newspaper articles, etc.) to help their group compare the different countries.

Blog written by the students of room 82.