This week was a busy one for us, with Mini Academies, our science lab, and making Christmas Ornaments. Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to help with those activities. We are sad to say goodbye to Lenny who is leaving for Sydney, Australia. We wish him the best in his new school.
Language Arts
This week we’ll continue reading and discussing books with partners. In addition to asking questions about the book, students will also begin thinking about the author’s message. We’ll review comprehension strategies (Making Predictions, Asking Questions, Retelling, Rereading, Visualizing, Making Connections), and practice finding evidence in the story to support our thinking. Students continue to practice writing their result from the baking experiment this week. The result part is when they write what they observe happened.
Science
Students made connections with the real world when they saw the chemical and physical changes that happened when we baked bread. They were teased with a phenomena of the yeast rising with a secret ingredient. When the baking process took place, students found out what the secret ingredient was. Students also watched a video and did a sorting activity that reinforced their understanding of physical and chemical changes.
Math
This week students continue with subtraction and they learned different ways to subtract two digit numbers with regrouping and without regrouping. Students also learned to solve subtraction problems with change unknown. Their understanding was anchored in a chart that they can refer to if they get confused with any of these concepts.
Important Dates
Thursday, 30th November - End of ASA
Friday, 1st December - No school. Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
Dinner Questions
This week students continue with subtraction and they learned different ways to subtract two digit numbers with regrouping and without regrouping. Students also learned to solve subtraction problems with change unknown. Their understanding was anchored in a chart that they can refer to if they get confused with any of these concepts.
Important Dates
Thursday, 30th November - End of ASA
Friday, 1st December - No school. Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
Dinner Questions
1 - How do you use an Open Number Line?
2 - What is your science experiment this week? What do you expect to happen? Were you surprised at the results?
3 - What have you learned about writing science lab reports?
4 - Do you prefer writing personal narratives or science lab reports? Why?
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