Hi families,
I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving break, enjoying time with family and delicious food. These past few weeks have brought excited energy, with Book Fair and Turkey Trot preparations. We were all disappointed that the Turkey Trot fell victim to the very rainy weather that has been a hallmark of this fall season, but we made the best of it and enjoyed putting our math and close reading skills to the test while baking ginger pumpkin muffins for our friends and families. At Authorfest, Matt Tavares, told wonderful stories about research and fact finding being an important part of the biographies he writes, like in the life of Babe Ruth. He also inspired us as writers by showing us the many revisions it takes to make a book come to fruition from the idea stage through to the publication stage. As an illustrator, he showed us how his sketches come to life and how they too, require editing. We had multiple opportunities to visit the book fair to add to our personal libraries (and classroom - thank you!), so we were all in the mood for snuggling in with some good books! We are going to have our own opportunity to develop fact finding skills as we begin our research project on the animals of Mexico. Upon our return from break, students will identify their animal, brainstorm questions that they would like to know about that topic, find books/websites that provide relevant information to answer their questions, read through and highlight materials, and record their findings in a note-taking format: two-column notes. Eventually, our findings will be presented on an "eye-catching" poster. This will be another opportunity to practice executive function skills and plan through what elements of the project need to be completed and by when. We will plot out our completion goals on a calendar and check in with the calendar weekly. In Calendar Math we made it to 50 days of school which served as a measure that we are already a third of the way through the school year. It was a nice moment to reflect on how much we have learned since the beginning of the year. It also got us excited about the remaining 2/3 to go! It is impressive how much better their understanding of patterns and multiples are getting through this daily exercise. As we chug along towards the holiday break, we will get to put our addition and subtraction skills to work as we head into a unit on money. We will even set up a class store for all their holiday shopping needs! Upcoming events: Thursday- In-school performance by New Bedford Symphony Orchestra Dec. 3rd. - we will have our first Sally Borden Program All School Meeting of the year. We will met our older "Amigo" students and lead the group in a mindfulness activity. All the best, Mrs. Tavares
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