Weekly Update 10/11

It was another busy week in 3/4GW! We were busy getting into our Great Bay inquiry by noticing things we were curious about and asking lots of questions.  A big focus as we began the inquiry was how to ask deep questions.  Children wrote all of their questions of sticky notes and then sorted them based on topic.  The big topics boiled down to sea life, history, navigation/gundalow, watersheds, and environment.  Next we discussed the difference between closed and open questions....ones that have a single answer versus those that require more complexity to answer.  Children worked to rewrite closed questions to make them more open.

Be sure to ask your child what they are wondering about!

We introduced SeeSaw reading reflections this week.  When your child finishes a book they will turn to SeeSaw to reflect on their reading.  They can choose between making a book recommendation, analyze the sticky notes their wrote as they read, or connect the book to our learner dispositions.

4th grade math
This week was all about rounding! We spent a lot of time discovering why the rule, "5 for above give it a shove" works using number lines.  They now have a much deeper understanding of how rounding works using number sense rather than a rhyme! Here's a quick video on how to round using a number line.

3rd grade math
This week we moved on to determining value of a number vs its place and comparing and ordering numbers up to the thousands place (although we've been working with much bigger numbers, too).  A lot of this has been review from second grade math but third grade math involves the same concepts but working with larger numbers.  Students have been meeting with the teacher in small groups, completing a "must do" and then choosing from a "may do" menu based on the math concepts they feel like they need to practice.  Next week we will move on to rounding numbers both to the tens place and the hundreds place. 

Upcoming dates
10/11 (today)- early release at 11:50
10/14- no school, Indigenous People's Day
10/31- Play day to celebrate Halloween
11/5- no school, teacher workshop
11/11- no school, Veteran's day
11/7- early release at 11:50 for conferences
11/14- early release at 11:50 for conference