This Week...

February 6- February 10, 2017

Reading:  In reading, students reviewed the major ideas from our fiction unit.  They practiced going back to the text to highlight supporting details.  Determining genre, inferring character traits, and using context clues were all important areas of focus.  At the end of the week, students took their fiction unit assessment.  Next week, we will begin our new reading unit on Forces and Action!  Students will be reading texts that correlate with our new science unit. Reading Logs are due Monday, February 13.  (100 minutes)

Math:  Students studied various characteristics of 3-D shapes.  Vertices, faces, bases, and edges were identified on the shapes.  Students also reviewed major concepts from unit 6 and took their unit test.  Next week, we will begin unit 7! **If applicable: for students still on addition and subtraction, fact tests and graphs are due Monday, February 13.

Social Studies:  We reviewed the key concepts from our Illinois unit and students took their unit test on Wednesday.  In the LMC, students continued researching a famous person from Illinois.  Next week, we will begin our new science unit: Forces and Action!

Writing:  Students met with partners to share peer feedback about the response to literature essays.  They helped each other find parts of the essays to revise.  After meeting, students worked on revision assignments that focused on using details and dialogue from the text.  In grammar, we focused on linking verbs.

Spelling:  We had our week 20 test.

Miscellaneous:  This week, we enjoyed a wonderful Art Appreciation session given by Blake’s mom!  Students learned about George Seurat and pointillism.  Just a reminder, if your child is planning on bringing valentines, please be sure there is one for each student and that they do not contain food/candy.  Valentine boxes are due on Monday, February 13.  Students took their Northeast states and capitals test today.  Our next region will be the West!  Finally, please turn in field trip forms for both the Chicago boat tour and Elgin Symphony Orchestra…thank you!  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Have a great weekend!