Happy First Week in October!
This week, students will continue analyzing quadrilaterals. By the end of the week, students should be summarizing the attributes of a shape. For example: This is a square. A square can also be a rectangle because both have 2 pairs of parallel sides and right angles. It's also a parallelogram because both have 2 pairs of parallel sides. It's definitely a rhombus with right angles. It's also a quadrilateral because both shapes have four sides. In reading, students have been reading about countries and how they get books. They take down their information on a note-catcher. Once they have completely filled out this chart, they write a paragraph that shares all this information. We have studied each part of a strong paragraph: introductory sentence, focus statement, details in the body of the paragraph, and a conclusion. We color-coded each part on the note-catcher and then color-coded each part in our paragraphs. Students connected that their notes were very important in helping them write their paragraphs, keeping their work in order. I am sending home their work (attached to this piece) so that you can review this with your student. This week, students will be taking an assessment that will be on a new country. Students are expected to read, jot down information on a note-catcher, and write a strong paragraph using the order we have gone over in class: *Introduction *Focus Statement *Details *Details *Conclusion Here is one shared with the class on Kenya: Kenya is a country in East Africa, with a desert in the northern part of the country. Getting books to children in the desert can be challenging, but Kenyan librarians have found a way to overcome this challenge. In some parts of Kenya, sand covers the roads and makes it hard for cars to get through. Librarians in Kenya use camels instead! The camels can carry heavy loads like the books and a tent used to make a library roof. They don't need much water and can walk easily through the desert sand. The librarian and camels come every two weeks when children can trade their books for new ones. The children treasure the books the librarian and the camels bring to their home in the desert!
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