Happy December 7th, families!
A huge thank you to all of you for meeting with us for conferences last week. We were so grateful to have a sliver of time to discuss the progress, growth, and goals for your kiddos! This week we continue to focus on mindfulness and being "in the moment." With so much going on around us and anticipation for the holiday season, we know that it's challenging to stay focused and finish this 2020 calendar year strong. We began our Project Based Learning Inquiry last week. We are learning about how others historically and currently, have adapted to the environment. We also have been looking at examples of change makers - those who spoke up to share their stories. Each of us are creating an expository piece that shares our experience of a COVID world and how we have made adaptations. Lots of fabulous discussions and writing taking place. It is an interdisciplinary project that involves reading, writing, social studies and science. More to come on our presentation of our work! In math, we have jumped into long division with both feet. We've related how our visual strategies relate to the standard algorithm, and how we can represent our understanding in many ways. This week we continue our long division journey. We strive to take our learning from a surface:"I can do it" level to a transfer level: "I can teach others because I really understand it deeply." Our reading continues to explore Biographies and expository text to support us as we are creating our own expositories. We are digging in deeper into compound sentences: two simple sentences separated by a comma and joined by a conjunction. Yes, it's a challenge to keep all these pieces straight. Is this a complex sentence? Compound? When do I want to use a comma? This takes time! In writing we are taking our outlines and creating drafts in paragraph form. BIG WORK! Know that you are an "observer" in our Blend course (meaning you can see but not do any activities), so you can always hop in and see assignments, feedback, and grades. It may be helpful to carve out some time this week as graded work is due next week. Check TEAMS for those grades so far. Thankful for you, your children, and this opportunity to grow strong in 2020.
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