Sunday, September 20, 2015

Topics Discussed During Week 4!

Hi,

I wanted to share a list of topics that we discussed during the fourth week of school! The topics include:

  • Continuing to practice asking and answering questions, identifying the main idea and supporting details, and investigating vocabulary
  • Discussing different ways we can begin a story
  • Describing how we can add more details to our story
  • Checking to see that we are writing a small moment story
  • Investigating different regions around the United States to determine characteristics of vegetation, climate, natural resources, and landmarks
  • Using clues and our knowledge of map elements to help us navigate around a map of the United States
  • Using estimation to determine if the sum or difference is reasonable
  • Fluently adding numbers up to 1000
  • Building mental math and different strategies to solve problems