We started our day with Jump Math. Grade fours practiced new skills they have learned in rounding to the nearest ten or hundred, and grade threes continued practicing place value- this time using their knowledge of place value to add 10 or 100.
In Language Arts, our current class focus is adding to the content of our writing by explaining our ideas. As a class, we wrote a paragraph on our dream tropical vacation. We came up with three ideas of things we would like to do while on vacation. Then for each idea, students came up with details to explain exactly what it would be like. As a school, a big part of our school development plan is writing. One of our writing goals is to improve conventions in writing (punctuation, spelling and grammar). I've noticed that many students are still not using capital letters in the right place, and this was evident on their spelling test. Only proper nouns should receive capital letters on a spelling test. They should not appear in the middle of a sentence unless the word is a proper noun. Students are familiar with proper nouns, and in class we talk about proper nouns as being names of people or places, and titles. After lunch students worked on their iMovie scripts. They are working very hard to ensure they add lots of details to explain their learning, and speak clearly and accurately. This week, we are continuing to work on Reader's Theatre as a way to practice speaking with clarity and expression. We continue to work on soccer skills next week, and will be on to modified soccer games next week. Reminders: Friday Spelling test! New words went home today. Picture day is October 15.
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