The Esprit Team has spent the past two weeks learning about Google Classrooms with Jeff Badillo, our Technology Coach. Both Miss Deb's and Miss Niles' classes have their own google classrooms where in classroom work projects can be completed online. This week we used it to respond to a prompt about The Wild Robot. We are also creating timelines of Shelburne history using Padlet through Google Classrooms. In Padlet the children are creating slides with dates and facts about Shelburne history. They will also be creating pictures to illustrate historic events. We will take pictures of these and load them onto Padlet to complete their timelines. We will continue to house online projects and other online classroom assignments on Google Classrooms for the remainder of the school year.
Our UVM Sophomore interns taught a lesson about an aspect of Chinese Culture this week. They taught the children about the twelve Chinese Zodiac. They discussed the characters and personalities of Chinese Zodiac and how to find your own Chinese Zodiac.
In Math, we spent the week exploring "Wally the Window Washer" multiplication array problems. Students represented their thinking through multiplication and repeated addition. We also learned a game called "Frog Jump Multiplication" which gave students opportunities to increase their understanding of multiplication and become more fluent with multiplication facts.
In Reader's and Writer's Workshops, we continue to learn about nonfiction text features and how they support our understanding of main idea and details. We are practicing comprehension strategies in reading, and are using that learning to guide us in writing our own nonfiction books.Have a great weekend,
Deb and Jenn
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