Journal Prompts in the Newsletter!

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If you check out this week's newsletter, look out for my Year's Worth of Math Journal Prompts! (Yea! We made it in the newsletter again!)

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Math Journal Prompts

Every week I have a Math Journal center for my students during Guided Math.  I give them a question which they can respond to that pertains to the skill we have either just covered or are currently covering.  Students can write, draw and create number sentences to respond to the questions.  The general rule of thumb for writing in my class is that it has to have at least 3 sentences.  This applies to Math Journal as well.  In this package there are 50 Math Journal prompts to cover all the Math skills covered in 1st grade!

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Inventors Use Imagination!

We've been studying Benjamin Franklin for Social Studies lately, and something that I've noticed is the amazement my children have when they see pictures of his inventions.  As I describe the inventions and explain what each invention does, you can actually see some jaws drop and a little light shines in their eyes.  Adorable!

This week we are combining the use of imagination we have been talking about in Writing (regarding fictional writing) and the background knowledge we have from studying Benjamin Franklin's inventions.  For journal my kids will be thinking of their own inventions, naming them, and explaining the purpose of the invention and how it works.  Last week I hinted that we would be doing this, and they were so excited!  I can't wait to see what they come up with! 

Here it is if you'd like to try this too!