Pratt's Primary Corner
Weekly Update- November 30, 2018
Week at a Glance
Math- The focus for this unit is rounding and multi-digit addition and subtraction. I've noticed that students can round numbers but struggle when asked to round(estimate) an answer and then find the actual answer. I plan on taking a day or two next week to look at why we would estimate before finding an actual answer and how this can help mathematicians determine the reasonableness of their answers.
Science/Social Studies- This week students chose a food product that is produced in Ohio and spent time researching their product. They then created a project about their product and will present these to 2nd graders on Monday.
Writing- Next week we will begin our Narrative Unit. Click here to see an example of writing in the real world . Steph Curry wrote back to a 9 year old who was disappointed to see his shoes weren't listed in the girls' section of a website.
Family Traditions Project
If you'd like to do more than the project for homework your child can always spend time on ALEKS, practice addition and subtraction story problems, visit NewsELA and Lexia.
MAP Testing
Computer Science Education Week
Because we are a part of E4Tech, we have been given an opportunity to participate in Google's "Computer Science First" initiative. We will be receiving Google "swag," and will implement a coding lesson that week. We will also have a virtual visit from someone someone who works for Google.
Ohio Food
Dot Images
What lines, angles and shapes do you see?