Oct 17 -21 Weekly Learning Journey

Spanish:
-We have been working with beginning sound M with the vowels: ma, me, mi, mo, mu. 
-We continued learning about fall.

Math: 
-Practiced counting by 2s ,5s , 10s.
-Represented the number of the day in different ways.
-Continued working with patterns.

English:
-Letters of the week: l, r, u, s. 
-Sight words: they, on, are, as, with, his. 

Note: 

Reading: Below are some questions to ask when reading. 

Before reading:

• What do you think this book will be about? Why do you think that? 
• What characters do you think might be in this story?
• What do you know about the topic of this book? (Have you ever been camping/ seen a ghost/been to a farm, etc) 
• Does the topic of this book remind you of anything you know or have done?

During reading:

• What do you think will happen next? Why? 
• How do you think the character will handle this situation? 
• Why do you think the character did __________________? How do you know? 
• What must have happened here that the author didn’t tell us? 
• What emotions is the character feeling? How do you know? 
• What would you have done if you were the character?
• Has anything like this ever happened to you? Does it remind you of something?
• How would you have felt if that happened to you? 
• Do you know someone like this character? 
• How are you like/different than this character?
• As you’ve been reading, what pictures have been in your mind? 
• If you were in the story, what would you hear, taste, smell or feel?
• What does the character/setting look like in your mind?
• Tell me what you were imagining in your mind as you read that page/paragraph. 
•  Is there anything you’re wondering about right now? 
• Can you put what you’ve just read in your own words? 
• What’s happened to this character so far? 
• Tell me the most important things you read today in order of how they happened.

After reading:

• If this story had a sequel, what do you think it would be about? 
• What is the main message of this book? What does the author want you to think about? What was the big idea? 
• What questions would you like to ask the author right now? 
• Tell me the story in your own words.
• Retell the most important events in the story from beginning, middle and end. 
• What were the most important events in this story?

Science:
-We worked with warm and cool colors. 

ASK ME: What happened in our Walking Rainbow experiment?

Social studies:
-Started our community poster presentations. 
-Learned about what it means to be a good citizen.

ASK ME: How can I be a good citizen?

We started reading buddies with the grade 4s. 👍

Adios 😊