This week Sara and Judit learned how to break down a larger piece
of text into a brief, to the point summary. They were proficient and felt
confident in taking out the important elements from a piece of text and
interpret them in their own words. To start, I gave them copies of “The
Emperor's New Clothes”, after reading the story and discussing some of the
unknown words we walked slowly through some steps in order to identify the
characters and their qualities (i.e. the self-conceited emperor). Furthermore,
we discussed what the character's goal is. Next, we worked to figure out the
obstacle that is getting in the way of the character reaching their goal and
lastly we discussed the way the character reacted to the problem. Following these
steps, the girls were able to write a summary and familiarize with new
describing words such as “vain” and “self-conceited”.
In math, we revised fractions, decimals and factors and they
completed the tests on their math textbooks. They also mastered different ways
to represent fractions on paper and adding decimals.
Jordi learned how to do simple addition and practiced numbers with
“color by number” worksheets.
He also worked on word identification by recognizing sight words
within sentences which helped develop his language and cognitive skills.
In science, Sara and Judit learned about the physical properties
of the Moon. They compared these to the properties of the Earth to determine
how life would be different for people living on the Moon. After reading a text
which provided them with facts about the moon and after having gained an
insight regarding the dissimilarities between Moon and Earth,
they answered some questions which tested their comprehension of the text. They
also had to fill in the gaps in a fiction text about gravity which gave them
the freedom to pick their own scientific terms and come up with an imaginative
narrative.
In English the girls learned how to
distinguish verbs from adverbs. They were asked to locate the adverbs and verbs
from ten given sentences. They also created their own sentences using adverbs
of manner and frequency. We finished the week by doing poetry reading. We read
out loud the poem “Sick” by Shel Silverstein which was really entertaining and
followed a rhythmic pattern that the girls enjoyed reciting. Together with
Jordi and Sergi we cut out our envelopes with our names that we tied together
in a string and created a special place for sending mails to one another. Then
we ended our lessons by writing letters to each other.
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