First Full Week Back in Fourthlandian

Hello!

How ya doin?! This week was a very busy and tiring week. Here is an update on everything we did in Fourthlandian!

In Math, we plotted the length of our feet on a line plot. We also practiced different strategies for addition. We did the partial sums method and some of us learned the column addition method. Later in the week, we practiced subtraction with the trade first method. Here is a picture of what the trade first method looks like ----->






In Reading, we worked up to 17 minutes of stamina. Here is a picture of what it looks like to read with stamina (thanks to two of our bloggers for being the models).


We also learned a way to respond to our reading called CER. The C stands for Claim, the E stands for Evidence and the R stands for Reasoning. We are going to practice writing CER reading responses again next week.

In Writing this week we continued to plan our Realistic Fiction Stories. We developed our character's traits thinking about what they look like and the character traits they have. We were reminded how to use the graphic organizer of a story arc to plan our stories.

In other news, we got our Fourthlandian Jobs! We can't list all of them because there are TOO MANY but we're super excited!!!! We signed our job contracts and thought about the things we need to do to do our jobs well. We also started a new star chart where we earn stars that will count towards bigger rewards and afternoon recess. Finally, we celebrated Nate's Birthday.

Ciao,
Your Official Bloggers
Shira, Samantha and Neah


PS We are starting Homework next week. Yay!