We
started following the Iditarod this week and spent some time each morning
catching up on where our mushers were at in the race and which checkpoints they
had come to. You can read a lot of information daily at www.adn.com
(Alaska Dispatch News). We definitely enjoyed reading some of these
articles each morning. Most interesting is Brent Sass getting
disqualified for having an iPod Touch with him on the race. Check out the
website to learn why he was DQ’ed for it! We were excited to make it in
the Holland Sentinel last week as well!
This
week we will be reading about the Declaration of Independence and continue
learning about all the events that led to war with Great Britain and ultimately
American Independence. We will continue to work on a Patriot and Loyalist
role play that is quite fun and humorous. I’ll pass along some photos
when we finish!
I can…
Describe
the Declaration of Independence in kid language
Write
to Inform.
Create
situation and solution equations from word problems involving addition,
subtraction, mult. / div.
It
was a super fun week. It’s always great to meet with all of you
parents during the student conferences. I think about how positive
those meetings are and love to see the kids do so well talking about
their academic performance and behavior here at school.
The
dog sled building was pretty unforgettable! The kids did a great job
adding and subtracting decimals for the official times today. They all
had to agree, I’ve never seen them so motivated to do math! Stay tuned
for the video I’ll create and post on our site. It was a great Iditarod
culminating event as we prepare to check in next week each morning and
see what’s going on in “The Last Great Race” of the Iditarod 2015. Next
week we will jump back into the American Revolution and the causes the
really pushed the colonists to want separation from Great Britain.
Thanks again for the loaner tools. It was so much fun!
I can…
Describe some of the causes that led the colonists to want separate from England
Write to Persuade.
Use multiple strategies to solve division equations using decimals
