Sunday, April 24, 2011

April 25-April 29

Hello everyone, here is what's happening in the world of GTD Resource at Irving School

1st Grade
Continuation of Primary Education Thinking Skills, students are finishing up with Sybil the Scientist and comparing attributes of "creatures", discussing alike and different, and creationg Venn Diagrams to visually represent likes and differences.

2nd and 3rd Grade Math
Students in 2nd and 3rd grade math group are working on fractions, identifying and comparing, as well as creating equivalent fractions

2nd Grade Reading
We continue with our novels about Benjamin Franklin as well as working on creating our own inventions

3rd Grade Reading
Students in 3rd Grade Reading will start reading the novel "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" and working on activities to go along with the story. They will create sketches each session we meet and then create a story out of the unrelated drawings.

4th Grade Math
Continuing to work on area and perimeter problems, particularly as it relates to irregular polygons.

5th Grade Math
We continue to work on Unit 7, dealing with probability, percentages, and fair vs. unfair games.

I hope everyone enjoyed the 3 day weekend. Don't forget the Academic Fair is this Wednesday and Family Math Night is Thursday evening. Until next week.

All my best,
Mr. Packer