This Week...

February 11- February 15, 2019

Reading:  We reviewed key strategies and skills from our fiction unit.  At the end of the week, students took their fiction unit test.  Students also used their nonfiction reading strategies to read a new Time for Kids issue.  They focused on analyzing different perspectives.  Reading Logs are due Tuesday, February 19.  (100 minutes)

Math:  We continued working on unit 9.  Students practiced drawing the various types of bar models to represent information in number stories.  We focused specifically on multi-step problems.  Students learned to start with the information they know and then build on from that point.  Students took their unit 9 test today.

Social Studies:  Students reviewed important ideas from our Illinois unit by playing Kahoot!  They took their Illinois test on Thursday.  Next week, we will begin our new science unit: Forces and Action!

Writing:  In writing, we focused on the importance of correctly sequencing important events.  Students applied this idea to My Name is Maria Isabel.  Transition words help the reader understand the order of events.  In grammar, students focused on past tense verbs.

Word Study:  We grouped words based on their meanings.  They sorted color words by focusing on shades and objects that were a certain color.  Students also completed word ladders.

Miscellaneous:  Thank you to everyone who made our Valentine’s Day party possible!  The students really enjoyed the celebration!  A special thank you to Aubrey’s mom, Ivan’s mom, and Jeanie’s mom for volunteering at the party.  Also, thank you for all the sweet gifts, cards, and treats…it was so thoughtful, and it truly made my day!   Just a reminder, students do not have school on Monday due to President’s Day.  Enjoy the 3-day weekend and I’ll see you back on the 19th!