Classroom Update: October 9, 2015

This week in reading, students responded to their books in writing. Throughout the year, we will be working on strengthening students’ responses to literature, both orally and in writing. Today, students met their first grade reading buddies. We were excited to greet and read to our new friends! 

 

In math, we solved multi-digit addition and subtraction word problems. Here is a resource on some of the strategies for addition and subtraction that we will be using in third grade. We broke apart numbers by tens and hundreds. Also, we estimated the amount of hundreds in the sums of addition expressions.

In writing, students continue to draft their personal narratives. They are working on telling their stories using dialogue, action, and sensory details. 

In social studies, we practiced writing true statements using the cardinal directions. For example, one true statement might be, “Massachusetts is north of Connecticut.” After learning about landmarks around the state of Massachusetts, we zoomed into the town of Arlington. We discussed prominent landmarks around town, including the Robbins Library, Cyrus E. Dallin Museum, Minuteman Bikeway, Old Schwamb Mill, and the Jason Russell House.