Non-Fiction

During our reading time and computer lab time today we learned more about non-fiction text features and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The children are learning to identify photographs, headings, bold print, and titles. They will have a non-fiction assessment tomorrow.
They explored non-fiction books with a partner. Every time they came across a text feature they attached a sticky-note to the feature.  Some children were so excited to find the features they even read them aloud.

Were are focusing on finding facts in our non-fiction read a louds.  Today, Mr. Kern shared with the children an online encyclopedia called PebbleGO. Our class has used this tool before.  Today, they read about Dr. King using this tool.  We shared aloud facts about this man, and then they created a page all about him.
Please ask your child to share what he or she remembers about MLK.

They will be writing about him later this week.

In math we continued to work on gathering and discussing data.   The children also decomposed numbers today.  Give them a number and ask them to show you how to decompose.