This past week Room 13 has spent a lot of time preparing and getting acclimated to the format for the SBACs. Students really tried their best for the practice and were intently focused on their task.
Here is the following schedule for SBACS:
We did not have much time for Math this past week because of the two half days. We focused this week on noticing the pattern: as the denominator increases, the size of the pieces in the whole decreases. Many students enthusiastically nodded their heads in agreement when I mentioned, "I would prefer to half 1 half of a brownie than 1 fourth of a brownie, how about you?" We will continue our exploration of comparing fractions this upcoming week. In reading students continue to focus on character development. We talked about how each story, no matter how big or how small, follows a story mountain. Characters face problems again and again until they reach a turning point (the climax) and the problems begin to be resolved. In writing students continue to work on their literary essays. We have been focusing on our body paragraphs. We learned that our thesis statement/claim needs to be supported with points/ main ideas that come from the text. When we make a point, we need to be able to expand upon the point by showing evidence from the text and explaining that information. After we have provided evidence and explained said evidence, it is important for us to link our thoughts back to our thesis. Thank you to all of the families I was able to meet with on Thursday and Friday, and all of the families I will meet with in the near future. I sincerely enjoy talking to you about your student's progress and appreciate your enthusiasm to be an active participant in your child's learning.
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