Today we started a new unit in health. For the next few classes the students will be learning how to prepare themselves for emergencies and how to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations.
September 13, 2016Language
This week we will be focusing on paragraph writing. The students will be working on building their knowledge of how to write a descriptive paragraph. When brainstorming ideas, we are using the hamburger outline.There are a number of videos you can watch on youtube about this concept. When writing they need to include: Topic sentence 3 ideas with at least two supporting details Concluding sentence An outline of the hamburger will be sent home to help your child practice paragraph writing at home. Math: Patterning : the ability to create and continue a pattern using a variety of different attributes. Important vocabulary: Pattern: something that repeats at least three times Pattern core: the part of the pattern that repeats Attribute: the item that is changing in the pattern Today we continued with paragraph writing. The students are building on their grade two knowledge on how to make a paragraph. We are using the hamburger outline to help organize our thoughts when writing. An example of this hamburger outline will come home tomorrow to help practice paragraph writing at home.
The paragraph should contain: Topic Sentence Three ideas each with at least 2 supporting sentences Concluding sentence Math We are working on patterning: building and continuing patterns using a variety of different attributes. |
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