- Math Fact Shoot Out (multiplication and division facts)
- Math Man (choose multiplication or division only)
- Math Bingo (choose multiplication or division only)
- Math Match
- Number Ninja (Work with multiples)
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Multiplication and Division Facts Games
These games may help your child with math fact practice.
Saturday, October 17, 2015
Author Alert
Today Mrs. Merten, Mrs. Williams, and a few Kennedy current and former families went to Jeff Kinney's bookstore, An Unlikely Story in Plainville to hear author Kazu Kabuishi speak. He is most famous for writing the Amulet series. What an inspiration! Mr. Kabuishi spoke about his career, and how he stuck with his love of drawing cartoons, despite having other careers before becoming a best selling author and illustrator. You can find more about his work here.
Our Week In Review
We were very, very busy this week, despite the short week!
We have continued to read Mr. Popper's Penguins during reading, with the focus on determining character traits of main characters, and supporting that with evidence, making predictions when reading, and answering questions about our reading thoroughly. Students have been asked to use the predicting strategy during their independent reading, and to track this during the week on their reading logs. We reviewed this in school on Friday, however if your child has a question about how/what to track, please remind them to see Mrs. Merten anytime before Friday morning.
In Social Studies, we have finished the new learning about advanced map skills, and will have our first SS test on Tuesday. In school we reviewed which materials the students should take home (their SS folder), and many chose to sign out a textbook and an atlas to practice finding exact locations. All students received a study guide on Tuesday.
In Math, we will have our next math quiz, covering topic 1 ~ multiplication and division, on Friday. As a reminder, students should be practicing math facts regularly. Check out our Curriculum Links page for computer sites that help with this.
We have been working together on creating Google presentations. Though these presentations are not finished yet, your child can share his/her progress on their Google Drive.
From the teacher's desk:
Each day, the class has an opportunity to earn a "point" during our specialist time. This is earned for appropriate behavior, working together, and overall great listening. Our class has earned a point at every specialist all year! This is quite an accomplishment. Students vote on how to use these points as a reward, and we had our first reward as an extra recess yesterday. I wanted to share the unique way our class handled this recess. Within a minute of being outside, they had organized a game, picked teams, and had included everyone in our class. Though a few decided to do other things, the majority did play together. The kindness toward one another and the sportsmanship that I witnessed during this game was wonderful. It is certainly "blog-worthy".
We have continued to read Mr. Popper's Penguins during reading, with the focus on determining character traits of main characters, and supporting that with evidence, making predictions when reading, and answering questions about our reading thoroughly. Students have been asked to use the predicting strategy during their independent reading, and to track this during the week on their reading logs. We reviewed this in school on Friday, however if your child has a question about how/what to track, please remind them to see Mrs. Merten anytime before Friday morning.
In Social Studies, we have finished the new learning about advanced map skills, and will have our first SS test on Tuesday. In school we reviewed which materials the students should take home (their SS folder), and many chose to sign out a textbook and an atlas to practice finding exact locations. All students received a study guide on Tuesday.
In Math, we will have our next math quiz, covering topic 1 ~ multiplication and division, on Friday. As a reminder, students should be practicing math facts regularly. Check out our Curriculum Links page for computer sites that help with this.
We have been working together on creating Google presentations. Though these presentations are not finished yet, your child can share his/her progress on their Google Drive.
From the teacher's desk:
Each day, the class has an opportunity to earn a "point" during our specialist time. This is earned for appropriate behavior, working together, and overall great listening. Our class has earned a point at every specialist all year! This is quite an accomplishment. Students vote on how to use these points as a reward, and we had our first reward as an extra recess yesterday. I wanted to share the unique way our class handled this recess. Within a minute of being outside, they had organized a game, picked teams, and had included everyone in our class. Though a few decided to do other things, the majority did play together. The kindness toward one another and the sportsmanship that I witnessed during this game was wonderful. It is certainly "blog-worthy".
Friday, October 9, 2015
Our Week In Review
There is so much to report on from room 24 this week!
In math, we finished our unit about addition and subtraction, and we had our assessment. Mrs. Merten was so proud of all of us for our hard work! Students took home the assessment worksheet with their score after the test. If students or parents would like to look at the test questions, the test can be viewed on the Pearson Realize site. All students should be comfortable logging in.
We began our first Interactive Read Aloud (IRA) book, Mr. Popper's Penguins. You may have seen the Jim Carrey movie that was made a few years ago, which was loosely based on the book. The book is MUCH better! During this IRA our focus will be on tracking character's traits and using prediction as a reading strategy. To launch this book, we received a very interesting package in the mail. Your child can share more about this!
We have continued to work on Narrative writing, and have been working on reviewing skills about writing these pieces. Next week we will continue with drafting our Narratives.
In Social Studies, we have continued to work on our Map Skills, and have started to understand how latitude and longitude can be used in our real lives. If you own a portable GPS and are interested in experimenting with it, check out Geocaching. This is a fun way to connect our learning outside of the classroom, and a great outdoor activity!
In Science we have seen the water cycle working through our terrariums! This week we began to look at science through the eyes of a scientist, and have started an experiment. We made hypotheses and have started our observations.
We were lucky enough to have a visit this week from Mrs. Silvia, our anthropologist in residence. She comes from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University. Mrs. Silvia will come to JFK 4 times this year, to share information about Native Americans from 4 regions of the US. This week we were able to learn about the Natives of the Northeast, and participate in a simulation of an archaeological dig! We learned how archaeologists use the information they find in order to understand the people who came before them. We are very grateful to our Kennedy PCC for funding this awesome program!
Today was the BIG DAY! We had our Puff Mobile Race! We learned so much about the engineering process during this project!
Students ~ take a minute to answer this survey about Friday's fun events.
Congratulations to our second team to earn the "Terrific Teamwork Award"! Keep up the great work!
In math, we finished our unit about addition and subtraction, and we had our assessment. Mrs. Merten was so proud of all of us for our hard work! Students took home the assessment worksheet with their score after the test. If students or parents would like to look at the test questions, the test can be viewed on the Pearson Realize site. All students should be comfortable logging in.
We have continued to work on Narrative writing, and have been working on reviewing skills about writing these pieces. Next week we will continue with drafting our Narratives.
In Social Studies, we have continued to work on our Map Skills, and have started to understand how latitude and longitude can be used in our real lives. If you own a portable GPS and are interested in experimenting with it, check out Geocaching. This is a fun way to connect our learning outside of the classroom, and a great outdoor activity!
In Science we have seen the water cycle working through our terrariums! This week we began to look at science through the eyes of a scientist, and have started an experiment. We made hypotheses and have started our observations.
We were lucky enough to have a visit this week from Mrs. Silvia, our anthropologist in residence. She comes from the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University. Mrs. Silvia will come to JFK 4 times this year, to share information about Native Americans from 4 regions of the US. This week we were able to learn about the Natives of the Northeast, and participate in a simulation of an archaeological dig! We learned how archaeologists use the information they find in order to understand the people who came before them. We are very grateful to our Kennedy PCC for funding this awesome program!
Today was the BIG DAY! We had our Puff Mobile Race! We learned so much about the engineering process during this project!
Students ~ take a minute to answer this survey about Friday's fun events.
Congratulations to our second team to earn the "Terrific Teamwork Award"! Keep up the great work!
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