Hello everyone,
So good to see so many at the Open House last night.
1st Grade
I have begun to go into the 1st grade classes to work on Thinking Skills and have introduced my friend "DOT" who invites to come along on adventures and think. A series of cards introduces questions and concepts that require higher level thinking skills for which I guide the class through.
2nd Grade
2nd Graders who see me for reading are being introduced to the work of Tomi DePaola and we will begin reading a chapter book called "26 Fairmount Avenue" which is an autiobiography of the author and his life as a young child. Students will be reflecting on their own families and stories and sharing them with the group as a culminating activity.
2nd Grade/3rd Grade math
Students are working on "Elapsed Time". Work has been sent home to be completed for next week. If you need a great teaching tool, see the web clock link in the sidebar of my blog.
4th Grade Math
Students have been studying plane geometry, angles, and perimeter and will be moving on to 3-dimensional shapes.
5th Grade Math
We are finishing up unit 1 on Data and starting our data collection projects.
That's all for the update for this week, until next, all my best.
Mr. Packer
