Monday, January 29, 2018
Book Club of the Week
Thursday, January 18, 2018
Book Club of the Week
Monday, January 15, 2018
Class Update January 15, 2018
Important Dates:
January 24th- Early release day- 1:40 dismissal
January 26th- History Museum field trip
February 7th- Early release day- 1:40 dismissal
Writing: We celebrated our informational writing pieces right before Winter Break. Now, we are starting our argumentative unit. For the first piece, we are looking at the issue of chocolate milk in schools. The students are reading articles and watching videos that present both sides of the issue. Currently, we are practicing taking notes from the articles and the videos. Students will then choose which side of the issue they agree with.
Reading: In reading, we are also studying debatable topics. We will be reading articles on a variety of debatable issues, and the students will eventually participate in mini debates about a topic of their choice. We also began new book club books this week. Ask your child about the book they are reading.
Math: We are learning about multiplying and dividing decimals. Please keep having your child practice his or her multiplication facts until they become automatic. After this chapter, we will move on to fractions.
Science: We are starting to learn about the solar system. We made shadow clocks in the classroom on Friday with paper plates, toothpicks, and flashlights to model how the sun appears to move across the sky. There are a lot of fun activities we will doing while we learn about space.
Social Studies: The students are working on a small westward expansion unit. Students have learned about three opportunities people had back then to move west. They are now working on a project where they choose which opportunity they would have taken and create something to show what it would have been like. The opportunities they can choose from are to be an explorer with Lewis and Clark, a pioneer on the Oregon Trail, or a prospector in the California gold rush. For their project, they could choose to create a journal entry, make a newspaper, or develop a travel brochure. Students are working on these in class and they will be completed by the end of this week. Our next unit will be about the Civil War.
STEM: Right before Christmas break, the students were presented with a challenge. They needed to build a weatherproof gingerbread house. Their gingerbread houses needed to be rainproof and windproof. Most of the houses met the challenge. Below are pictures of their creations.
Below are some pictures from the Christmas party. The students had a great time!
January 24th- Early release day- 1:40 dismissal
January 26th- History Museum field trip
February 7th- Early release day- 1:40 dismissal
Writing: We celebrated our informational writing pieces right before Winter Break. Now, we are starting our argumentative unit. For the first piece, we are looking at the issue of chocolate milk in schools. The students are reading articles and watching videos that present both sides of the issue. Currently, we are practicing taking notes from the articles and the videos. Students will then choose which side of the issue they agree with.
Reading: In reading, we are also studying debatable topics. We will be reading articles on a variety of debatable issues, and the students will eventually participate in mini debates about a topic of their choice. We also began new book club books this week. Ask your child about the book they are reading.
Math: We are learning about multiplying and dividing decimals. Please keep having your child practice his or her multiplication facts until they become automatic. After this chapter, we will move on to fractions.
Science: We are starting to learn about the solar system. We made shadow clocks in the classroom on Friday with paper plates, toothpicks, and flashlights to model how the sun appears to move across the sky. There are a lot of fun activities we will doing while we learn about space.
Social Studies: The students are working on a small westward expansion unit. Students have learned about three opportunities people had back then to move west. They are now working on a project where they choose which opportunity they would have taken and create something to show what it would have been like. The opportunities they can choose from are to be an explorer with Lewis and Clark, a pioneer on the Oregon Trail, or a prospector in the California gold rush. For their project, they could choose to create a journal entry, make a newspaper, or develop a travel brochure. Students are working on these in class and they will be completed by the end of this week. Our next unit will be about the Civil War.
STEM: Right before Christmas break, the students were presented with a challenge. They needed to build a weatherproof gingerbread house. Their gingerbread houses needed to be rainproof and windproof. Most of the houses met the challenge. Below are pictures of their creations.
Below are some pictures from the Christmas party. The students had a great time!
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