Math Workshop - Topics 3 and 4, Adding within 100
⭐️ Getting our brains ready for math by doing "What Does Not Belong" warm-ups! We had four boxes of random equations, coins, ten frames, etc and students had to identify which box did not belong, supporting their thinking with a reason. We learned that there was not always one "right" answer - we practiced flexible thinking and looking at the problems from different perspectives!
⭐️ Using an open number line to solve addition equations
⭐️ Working with partial sums to solve two-digit addition equations (ex: if we were solving for 45 + 55, we added 40 + 50 = 90, then 5 + 5 = 10 and finally, 90 + 10 = 100)
⭐️ Adding more than two two-digit numbers (for example, 18 + 15 + 12; we looked for ways to create "friendly" numbers to work with; we know that 8 + 2 = 10, so we can add 18 + 12 = 30 and then add 15 more to get a total of 45)
Readers Workshop - Junior Great Books, The Happy Lion
⭐️ Asking questions about a story before we read to think about what we already know and what it might be about
⭐️ Stopping as we read to ask questions about things we are wondering or confused about
⭐️ Using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words, such as "moat" and "hubbub"
⭐️ Making logical predictions as we read, based on what we already know about the book and from our own experiences
⭐️ Looking through the text to answer the questions we were wondering about - we practiced going back to the text and finding the exact words that answered our questions
⭐️ Practicing new vocabulary words - farther, advanced, polite, foolish, sensible
Writers Workshop - Opinion Writing
⭐️ Determining if a statement is a fact or an opinion
⭐️ Writing facts about our favorite seasons
⭐️ Listing reasons why a season is our favorite and supporting them with facts
⭐️ Beginning our writing with a "hook" to get our reader's attention
Phonics/Word Work/Grammar
⭐️ Reviewing -tch and -dge
⭐️ Learning about long VCC words (where a vowel is followed by two consonants, making its long sound, as in the words "wild" or "bolt")
