Daily Class Blog 11-11-08

Daily Class Blog
We will be beginning a daily recap of what we learned and posting it on the blog. We will do this as a class for a few weeks, and then students will volunteer to do it as extra homework for a night. The way it works, is I ask at the end of the day who would like to do it, and I give one individual a blank form. Students then complete it at home. I understand that sometimes they might volunteer to do it, and life at home is too busy to get it done. I don't "grade" or count if students have done it or not, but we often use it for language instruction. Thank you for your support.

And now for our first Daily Class Blog:

Reading - "We read books to work on our comprehension strategies, which are: making connections, questioning, and clarifying." -Kristyn

Writing - "We are learning to write like other authors who have written memoirs, or stories about something that really happened in their life. We are going to write stories that really happened in our lives." -Melissa

Math - "We were working on addition and subtraction story problems that are related to each other, like 13+12=25 and 25-12=13." -Cayden

Social Studies - "We are learning about the Statue of Liberty. We are learning the symbols of her body. We read a book about the Statue of Liberty. We also did a timeline of the." -Owen

Music - "We watched a movie about Strauss." -Noah