Literacy - We shared our Maniac Magee movie posters, watched the Maniac Magee movie and completed book vs. movie comparisons. We took a step back from novel studies and read All About Sam by Lois Lowry as our class read aloud. Students made text-to-text and text-to-self connections. Students also handed in their Reading Response book reports for their independent reading books.
Math - We continue doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. We finished Unit 2 and students completed their assessments which included arrays, factors, multiples, area, perimeter, time conversions, multiplicative comparisons, identifying quadrilaterals and triangles, symmetry and "What's My Rule?" tables. We will begin Unit 3 on Fractions and Decimals when we return from break. Writing - We continued to work on writing mechanics, with a focus on point of view, using different leads (introductions) and conclusions, hooking the reader, using proper transitions, detailing setting, and following a "show, don't tell" rule of writing. Students will take what they've learned during this Narrative Writing Unit and prepare a final writing piece before we transition to our next Unit. Science - We previewed our next Unit on electricity with an episode of Magic School Bus and Bill Nye the Science Guy. We had discussions about using and conserving energy. We will look to dive into our electricity unit with some hands-on experiments when we return from break! Social Studies - We reviewed our Native Americans in NH chapter and prepared for our chapter quiz. Students completed their quizzes and we will be starting our next chapter after break. Microsociety - Ventures and Marketplace took a week off to self-reflect on how businesses were running, as well as what could be improved. Ventures will take this time to reorganize, students will be able to transition from one job to another (if preferred), and the marketplace will reopen soon!
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Literacy - Students worked on their independent book reports as well as their movie posters for our read aloud book, Maniac Magee. The posters came out great! Check out our class photo's to see some examples...
Math - We continue doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. We began classifying quadrilateral shapes by lines and angles. We worked in our interactive notebooks and paired up to play Polygon Capture to reinforce quadrilateral classification rules. Writing - We continue to work on writing mechanics, as well as replacement words to use less "boring" words when we write. Students practiced using dialogue with a variety of interesting word choices. Science - We finished our unit "Living Things Need Each Other" with a focus on ecosystems and adaptations. Students were tested on Friday, and then got to enjoy an episode of the television series, Cosmos. Cosmos is a highly engaging science program that covers a variety of subjects. This episode focused on mutations and adaptations which aligned nicely with our science unit. Social Studies - We finished our chapter on Native Americans in the New Hampshire area. Students will be reviewing the chapter together to complete a study guide and will be tested at the end of next week. Microsociety - Ventures continued as students all reported to work. With the bank, post office, and marketplace open, students are practicing their real world skills in our Microsociety setting. Marketplace will be put on hold next week, in order for teachers and venture facilitators to better organize our working crew to ensure a successful marketplace going forward. Next week in Microsociety, all students will stay in their classrooms and focus on financial literacy (completing bank account set up, check writing practice, and balancing their account ledgers. Literacy - We continued our read aloud book, Maniac Magee. Students follow along, answering questions using reading group prompts in their Reading/Writing binders. This weeks focus was on identifying text-to-text and text-to-self events from the story.
Math - We continue doing daily multiplication drills to try help remember our math facts. Every student is showing progress! Please continue to practice multiplication facts at home. We worked in our interactive notebooks with a focus on multiplication comparisons Writing - We modeled identifying interesting leads (for our introductions) and conclusions. Students then took sticky notes and revisited old writing pieces to add new introductions and conclusions using our new strategies. We also did an exercise in identifying point-of-view with a focus on 1st person narratives Science - We continued our new unit "Living Things Need Each Other" with a focus on ecosystems and adaptations. Students were interested to learn how animals adapt to their environment and use camouflage and mimicry to evade predators! Social Studies - We continued our Chapter on Native Americans from the area. Students learned about how they lived and how jobs were split between male and female members of the tribe Microsociety - Ventures had production days to create products for our first marketplace opening. All students have jobs to complete, and our first marketplace opening was a big success on Friday! Look for pictures of operating ventures to be posted to our "Class Photos" section soon! |
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