Hello room 5 families! Below are some things that we have been exploring in room 5. Ms. Dorrance taught us another tool to help us problem solve with peers. It's called Bugs and Wishes! As a class we came up with a list of things that bug us at school. Then we came up with a wish that we would want to happen when this bug occurred. We also learned to use the sentence stem "It bugs me when___________. I wish people would _________________." This tool helps students advocate for themselves and also think about things they are able to solve on their own and what types of things they need to get a teacher to help them with. Here we are during a math discussion. A student is sharing her strategy while other students are listening to see if they understand what she did, if they can make connections to any of the strategies that were used, and if it makes sense to them. The students who are listening get an opportunity to ask clarifying questions and also ask for more details from the student who is sharing. Our math discussions serve as an opportunity to build critical speaking and listening skills as well as tools to back up our own thinking and reasoning. The role of the teaching during this part of the lesson is to facilitate the conversation and guide the thinking rather then tell students what the answer should be and show one way to solve a problem. At homes parents can support students inquiry process by asking, " How did you know to subtract/add that number?" In writers' workshop we are busy editing our teaching books to add to the classroom library. Each student has selected a teaching book that they were excited to write and are now editing their writing to eventually turn it into a book for others to read in the classroom. Ms. Dorrance has also taught us about using our five senses when writing to really help our readers feel as thought the book is happening right there in front of them in real life. Thank you to all who helped to make our zoo scavenger hung a success! The students have been excited to use all of the things they saw and learned about rain forest animals and plants to their project.
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