Students also practiced retelling stories and identifying the moral in each text. To put this knowledge to practice, I invited Anthony's dad to teach a comic strip lesson to the class. Anthony's dad is a comic writer and artist, and he spoke to the students about developing drawings and stories that fit their unique interests. The students loved having an expert come to the class, and he even brought comics for everyone! After his lesson, students created their own three or four panel comic strips to enter in the Irving Newspaper comic strip competition.
Our reader's theatre actors presented their play to the rest of the class this week. Students practiced their lines and motions, and even created masks for their characters.
In math, students learned about the parts of the base ten system. We practiced identifying how to "bundle" ten ones, and also how to identify how many tens and ones are in a two-digit number. Students also learned to Read, Draw and Write what they know when solving a problem.
In writer's workshop, students wrote "how-to" pieces. Students brainstormed their ideas and then wrote using sequencing words to show the steps of their chosen skill.
J'zya was our Can-Do Kid this week! We loved learning about all the things J'zya can do. She loves to sing, and her favorite subject is math. J'zya read Today I Will Fly to the class.
This week was Spirit Week at Irving! Students dressed like teachers and their favorite characters.
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