Hello! I hope everyone had a good weekend! This is our last full week of school before Winter Break! This will also be the last Weekly Happenings of the semester!
Here's what's happening:
Writing: The students have been drafting their personal narratives. They will work to revise, edit and publish this week! We will celebrate next Monday!
Reading: We are continuing to work on finding the theme. The students will be looking at different genres and comparing texts with similar themes.
Word Study: Their tests are scheduled for Friday, December 16.
Science: We will wrap up our electricity and magnetism unit this week! We will begin the next chapter, which we will continue after break. The next unit covers properties of matter.
Math: The students did great on their division tests! It was not an easy test, so they should all be very proud! We have been working on sequences and patterns this week. They will not be tested on this material.
Important Dates:
12.20 - Winter Parties 2:00-3:00
12.21 - First day of Winter Break
1.4 - School Resumes
Monday, December 12, 2016
Science Stations
The students showed their knowledge of electricity by working in science stations! They tested objects to see if they were insulators or conductors, worked with snap circuits, tested different circuits, and solved a static electricity mystery!
Monday, December 5, 2016
Hello! I hope everyone had a good weekend! I am looking forward to another full week of learning! This is the last week of the Helping Hands Campaign! Please bring in any paper products, cleaning supplies, personal care items, or food items! Thanks!
Here's what's happening:
Writing: The students have begun working on personal narratives! This week the students will choose a small moment idea. They will also begin drafting. We will focus on adding action, detail, dialogue, and inner thinking to bring their stories to life.
Reading: We will are beginning another fiction unit. We will focus on finding the theme. This week we will look at how character's mistakes can help us find the theme. We will also look at how characters changing can give clues to the theme.
Word Study: They got new spelling words today. Their tests are scheduled for Friday, December 16.
Science: We will continue to learn about electricity. The students are working in groups on different stations to show what they know about electricity.
Math: The students will take the division math test on Wednesday. They received the study guide tonight. Please help them study tonight and tomorrow.
Important Dates:
11.28 - 12.2 - Helping Hands Campaign
12.7 - Early Release
12.21 - First day of Winter Break
Here's what's happening:
Writing: The students have begun working on personal narratives! This week the students will choose a small moment idea. They will also begin drafting. We will focus on adding action, detail, dialogue, and inner thinking to bring their stories to life.
Reading: We will are beginning another fiction unit. We will focus on finding the theme. This week we will look at how character's mistakes can help us find the theme. We will also look at how characters changing can give clues to the theme.
Word Study: They got new spelling words today. Their tests are scheduled for Friday, December 16.
Science: We will continue to learn about electricity. The students are working in groups on different stations to show what they know about electricity.
Math: The students will take the division math test on Wednesday. They received the study guide tonight. Please help them study tonight and tomorrow.
Important Dates:
11.28 - 12.2 - Helping Hands Campaign
12.7 - Early Release
12.21 - First day of Winter Break
Door Decorating
The students all helped to get our door decorated! They all have a ton of creativity!
Writing Celebration
The students worked in groups to give out writing awards. We now have a room full of award winning writers!
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