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Good evening,

Today in Math, students began to work towards completing their October projects. We did a “check-in” activity as a class. Students were asked to consider the amount of muffins brought today and the amount of money we expected to raise. You can see the worksheet that we used below, although students copied down the questions themselves, they were not given the worksheet. This lead to a number of students creating much more detailed and thoughtful tables outlining the patterning in our fundraiser.

We will be doing a “check-in” activity both tomorrow and Thursday as well, to help us to gauge student understanding of the concepts behind their projects. Students also worked in groups today finishing their posters and planning their presentation. Students are going to share with the class how they planned their fundraising activity and what was involved. These really are just brief outlines of their work to share with their classmates before students evaluate how they think they did as an individual, a group, and as a class on this project.

In Language Arts today, students were able to review our last connection. Today we reviewed text-to-world connections. What is a text-to-world connection? Text-to-world connections are the larger connections that a reader brings to their reading. We all have our own ideas about how the world works. This includes our personal experiences, but we also learn about things through television, movies, magazines, and newspapers. In class we often refer to this prior knowledge as our schema. An example of a larger connection might be: “I saw a program on TV that discussed how children need to eat better foods and about childhood obesity in Canada.” Wondering why I chose that specific example? It is a connection that you could have made to our book from today, The Lima Bean Monster by Dan Yaccarino. Check it out on TumbleBooks (link on right hand side, just scroll over for username and password).

In Science, students finished up their devices. They are looking wonderful. I am so excited for students to present their devices on Thursday, and to learn the answers to our driving questions: what causes wind, and how do meteorologists measure wind speed and direction. Check out some of our devices below!

Agenda:

Read 20 minutes

Language Arts – Paper Bag Character Study (Thursday!)

Math: pgs. 45-47 # 1-13, 15, 17

October Projects – Bake Sale continues tomorrow!

Website Release Form (ASAP)

Halloween Dance – October 30th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm (admission by donation)

Halloween Classroom Celebration – Thursday (bring healthy snacks)

Conquer the Cold Donations – until November 7th

Photo Retakes – November 5th

Book Orders – October 30th

Ski Forms – ASAP

Hot Lunches – Order Online at (https://timberlea.hotlunches.net/admin/) until Thursday

Candy Exchange – November 4th

Pssssst…. still looking for inspiration for a healthy Halloween Snack? Follow the link or try one of these healthy creations created by last years students:

http://www.listotic.com/64-non-candy-halloween-snack-ideas/