Dragons and Vikings: December 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

Check out the blog and see other students read to their reading buddies!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A right brain activity that we do in math! Noodlers are a difficult but fun activity that your students do during math.

These are the Dragons' Good Friend Reports. They did such a nice job on them. Ask them what characteristics a good friend has!

Happy Hanukkah! This is just one craft project we did!

Dragons and Vikings made some factor trees and they are hanging around the school! They circled the prime numbers as well. Don't they look lovely!?

Curriculum

Dragon and Viking Math: Spiral Math Review, Hands on math, right brain activities, math games Dragons are currently working on adding and subtracting hundreds, multiplying 2 and 3 digits, beginning fractions, geometric shapes, measurement such as liters and gallons along with inches and centimeters, feet and meters. Time is an important aspect of math and we are currently practicing elapsed time. Dragon Reading: We have reviewed many reading strategies such as character maps, story maps, stopping and thinking, connecting to own experiences, and many more. Ask your students about these! We're also working on their fluency skills. We read aloud a lot and are beginning to practice a play together. We are starting a new, nonfiction book! Ask your students about it. Vikings Reading: We are working on comprehension and fluency by working in our comprehension journals, SRA's, memory recall worksheets, and reading aloud. The Vikings will begin reading biographies as nightly homework and in class work. Science: The Dragons and Vikings are currently learning about parts of plants, how they function, and how plants meet their needs. We will be looking at ways to classify plants by their parts; such as, leaves, stems, and roots. Some of the other concepts we will be discussing are photosynthesis, how plants make their own food, and germination. Vikings Writing: The Vikings are currently researching states. Each student has chosen a state to research to create a state report.

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