Parent Breakfast
12/14/2019
Classroom events are opportunities for parents to get a glimpse into a part of their child’s day at PNA. These events happen four times a year in every grade level. They also allow families to connect with other families while enjoying a meal together. Students love seeing their parents at school!
Our math curriculum weaves in games to help reinforce and review math concepts. Students are more motivated to solve math problems while playing a game than doing a worksheet by themselves. The last part of our math lesson each day is set aside for students to play games. We have a board in our room that we use to keep track of the games they play. That way, they play a wide range of games and practice keeping track of their progress. For today’s Parent Breakfast, third graders brought a few of our current games to play with their parents. Students enjoyed becoming the teachers as they taught their parents how to play the games and demonstrated what they knew about estimating, multiplying, and adding multi-digit numbers. Thank you so much for taking the time to come! The BFG
12/7/2019
Our class has been working with the book The BFG by Roald Dahl. This book has definitely been one of our favorites so far! During our literacy block, we have been studying plot diagrams. A plot diagram is an organizational tool that allows the reader to visualize the key features of a story. Fictional texts usually follow a particular pattern. The typical sequence is as follows:
Students not only listened to the story aloud during our literacy block, they also read portions aloud with a buddy. Each day, they practiced responding to a writing prompt about their reading by writing a topic sentence, a few details, and a concluding sentence. To answer the writing prompts, we brainstormed evidence from the text to support our answers. One of our favorite parts of delving into The BFG was watching the movie to compare and contrast it with the book. To connect with what they learned in their previous writing unit, they wrote an essay that included an introduction, two paragraphs about the similarities and differences, and a concluding paragraph.
We look forward to our literacy block each day! It is important that students have multiple opportunities to listen, read, write, and discuss texts every day in an engaging way to improve as readers. |
Jessica GrahamMs. Graham graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Early Childhood/Elementary Education, and is currently working on her master's in reading. She enjoys hiking, traveling, arts & crafts, and playing the ukulele. Archives
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