Weekly Update: February 14, 2020

Happy February Vacation 3B Parents!

I know many of you will be traveling so I wish you all a wonderful and safe trip!

The class enjoyed an amazing enrichment assembly earlier this week with a visit from Scott Cannon. His message to the kids delivered through music, miming, and skits was that when they are angry to turn their anger into energy. They learned to think before they speak because what they say could last a lifetime. He talked about his experience with being bullied as a kid and taught them how what you say can cause someone hurt for a lifetime or change a person’s life for the better.

The class also had a wonderful Valentine’s Day party today! Thank you again for to our amazing parent volunteers! Check out some pictures below!

Math: We have finished working through Topic 7. Students seem to be doing well with learning their division facts. It is clear that the students have been making studying their multiplication facts a priority. Students are now consistently passing their tests and making their way up through the facts. It is wonderful to see and we are hoping they will continue on this trend. 

Reading: This week lessons focused on determining the central message of a story and how to distinguish between major events and minor events. We read the book The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses and discussed the central message. Students learned that the central message is the main point or lesson the author wants to make to the reader that could be applied to their own life. The class decided that the central message in this

particular book was to: Always encourage people to continue to do what they love! 

Later, we sorted various story events based on how significant they were to the central message of the book. 

After reading, students recorded how the character responded to the major events of the story. Her responses were useful in determining the central message of the story.