Hi Families!
Here are some of the highlights of our first 5-day week together: We were challenged by the 4th grade SBP class to a year long Lexia Challenge. Each week the two classes will get together and we will compare our Lexia minutes and units to see who the weekly winner (most minutes/most units) is. At the end of the year, we will crown a Lexia Champion! (Anything to get some extra minutes in!) We have started to master our "jobs" of Calendar Math, with the class favorite being the role of the "Banker". Besides the "Calendar Helper" helping to tell what day/month it is, they also identify how many days we have been in school, and identify any patterns/multiples they see on the calendar cards. We then use a process where we take the date, and add it to the previous day's total using money (ex: day 1 + day 2 = $3 and this total is added to day 3 for a new total of $6, etc.) The "Banker" helps us add the "value" of the days in money. We recently marked 14 days in school and we're already up to $105. This process has allowed us lots of experience with exchanging or "regrouping" 10 ones for a $10 bill, and this week, our first time regrouping ten $10 bills for a $100 bill (SUPER exciting!). Other highlights include: more practice with place value and comparing numbers through our place value game, instruction on proper highlighting technique which ensures only highlighting keywords and the most crucial information, acing a Monarch quiz on Kahoot, and starting cursive instruction. Sadly this week we had to make some tough decisions about some of our Monarch chrysalises. It seems that the darker ones were the victims of a parasitoid: the tachinid fly. The tachinid fly lays its own egg upon the caterpillar and the larvae then grows inside the caterpillar body - Oh, nature! We confirmed our suspicions this week when one of our chrysalises cracked open and a maggoty-looking tachinid fly larvae came slithering out. Yuck! We then made the difficult group decision to euthanize the affected chrysalises so as not to expose the healthy butterflies! It was tough, but the kids handled it quite maturely. We are now eagerly awaiting the arrival of our healthy Monarchs any day now. Coming attractions: - Field trip to Gooseberryneck beach to tag Monarchs with the Lloyd Center (Friday 10/5, 9-11) * Any volunteers are welcome to ride the bus with us to and from, or can meet us at the beach - Opportunity to meet with Dr. Solomon to discuss your child's learning profile (Friday 10/12, 9-12) All the best, Mrs. Tavares
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