- Friday, March 15 - 1/2 Day: End of Trimester
- Friday, March 29 - Spring Break begins at the end of the day
- Friday, March 29 - Reading Logs are due
- Monday, April 8th - Book Report presentations begin. Check with your child to see what day they were assigned. The date is written in their agendas.
A big thank you to many parents who came to help out at our Valentine's Day party! We couldn't do it without your donations and help! Thank you to Judy Kao, Wes O'Leary, Kristen Forster, Kimberly Kilgo, Elly Switzer and Kristianna's grandma! The many donations we received for the party were perfect and we had such a wonderful day because of your hard work!
Book Reports: Book report requirements were handed out on Wednesday and all students should have selected their books. Please take a look at the packet that was sent home and send back the contract on Monday if you haven't already done so. There were many great questions and I went over the packet in detail. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional questions. I emphasized to the class that there are many parts to this project and to use the book report guide that I sent home to guide them through all the parts.
Math: We finished up our Multiplication unit right before break and this week, we've been working through unit 5 as well as finishing up the tests. We took 2 tests for unit 4 - a cumulative test that covered concepts from unit 1 to 3 and a unit 4 math test. I'll be finishing up grading these tests over the weekend and I'll send them home next week in Friday folders. In unit 5, we're digging deeper into Fractions and focusing more on mixed numbers, improper fractions, decimals, finding equivalent fractions and as always, word problems. The groundwork we lay in this unit will be very important for what they are expected to next year in 5th grade math.
Language Arts: Most days, we do 2 blocks of reading. In our first block, we have been focusing on summarizing nonfiction text within our IST groups. We start by reading and analyzing the text, then pulling out the main idea as well as important ideas the author is trying to convey. When we analyze the text, we decide what the important details are in the piece so we can make sure to include them in our summary. This work will important as I begin sitting down with students and doing some F and P assessments. In our second block of reading, we're reviewing character traits, point of view, theme, and summarizing the text. We'll be doing some book clubs after we get back from our spring break!
In writing, we're chugging right along with our persuasive essay unit. We're currently working on our second piece and others are beginning their third piece. Our goal for next week is to finish typing our second essay so they can share it with me and their writing partner to get additional feedback. We're nearing the end of this unit and we'll be working on a final write the following week. Our next unit of study is our informational writing unit where we'll be researching a topic and writing an essay.
Social Studies: In Social Studies, we're continuing to work through our Geography unit. Our next topic of study is landforms. This is a review from previous grades so the kiddos always do really well with this topic. After this, we'll be wrapping up the unit and preparing for a test.
Science: The kids are loving the Motion and Design unit and they're picking up many great skills while testing their vehicles!
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