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I cannot believe how the end of the year is sneaking up on us! I want to thank everyone again for Teacher Appreciation Week, it was really great! I want to share what I have noticed about the math curriculum so far and invite you to share your thoughts with me as well. I have noticed that the majority of the students seem to be doing some/ all of the home curriculum lessons. They often reference things that they have learned at home and are making awesome connections between the lessons. The curriculum is very thorough in building a conceptual understanding of the areas that are being covered. I love that the curriculum allows for us to focus deeply on one or two ideas in a lesson and really share our thinking with each other. I am working on ways to build on these lessons in order to have them be appropriate for all students. One strategy is to give the students an option as far as which numbers they use during the problem of the day. For example: Juice boxes come in packs of (2) (6). If Eli is inviting (12) (30) friends to his party, how many packs of juice boxes does he need to buy? Each friend gets 1 juice box. You could try doing this with your child if you want to give them some choice in which numbers they use. They often end up wanting to solve it both ways, which can lead to some interesting conversations. I have created a short survey to find out what your experience using the curriculum has been like the last few weeks. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HX85GSC POL update: POL Outlines are coming along really nicely. Students will be leaving them at school this week and bringing them home to practice over the weekend. If you could please take 10-15 minutes a day to have your child give their presentation out loud that would be great! Please make sure that you have signed up for a time slot: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48A8A729ABFE3-presentations Writing in Patrick’s Class: Our class has been working on building “powerful paragraphs” with Patrick. They have been creating paragraphs in response to literature or topics of discussion. They have been covering main ideas, supporting details, and topic sentences. Ideas for paragraph writing at home: ·Have them do mind mapping as a prewriting tool. I would recommend googling “mind map” and exploring all of the different options. This helps students to get their ideas down on a particular topic prior to building a paragraph. Try writing the topic sentence together and then have them write the supporting details on their own. Spelling: I will be talking to each student this week during reading time and figuring out whether they are ready to move on to new spelling words or not. Some of them will be staying with the same words a week longer, and others will be bringing home new lists. Please continue to have them do one spelling activity each day with these words (list of spelling activities is in previous blog entry). Announcements: Please send water bottles with your child to school! It is hot out this week! End-of-Year Social - A Cultural Carnival - THIS WEEK Fri, 5/16 | 5-7 pm Join us for a cultural exploration and learning experience! We will explore the creativity of different heritages by tasting and making food, listening to and sharing cultural performances and looking at and making artwork. You can also read and write about heritages around the world. Let's share a great learning adventure and have fun! Summer Camp Is Filling Up! Reserve Today Four weeks starting 6/16, M-Th, 12-3 pm Anxiety Workshop: Weds. 5/28 - 6:00-7:30pm. Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in children and adolescents, affecting up to 25% of youths. Drs. Michelle Rozenman, Ph.D. and Araceli Gonzalez, Ph.D. from the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program will present information on how to assess and identify excessive feelings of fear, nervousness, and worry, and discuss evidence-based therapies for pediatric anxiety disorders. Specific tips and strategies for helping kids and teens manage stress will also be discussed. Comments are closed.
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