Announcements:
The kids have done so much math fact fluency that Moby Max has given them a party! We will be having a popcorn and movie party after recess tomorrow. Because of the weird schedule, our spelling test is tomorrow, November 22nd. We did not do it on Friday. Reading: The class has finally come to the end of our metacognition unit where they have been practicing thinking like a good reader. We ended with synthesizing, which means changing and growing your thoughts based on what you read. Writing: We finished typing our final drafts this week, and then learned how to do a spelling and grammar check, and how to make paragraphs. We'll be printing and sharing tomorrow. Math: Division is here! The kids learned all about remainders and dividing this week, and we'll be dividing numbers in the hundreds before break. We'll pick up where we left off when they get back. Social Studies: What are the responsibilities of a citizen and how can we work together to make our communities better? That was the focus of this week. Science: How do electrical systems work and what are the parts? The kids explored that question this week as they built their own systems and investigated others in a computer simulation. Announcements:
We had a really nice assembly today for Veteran's Day, ask your student about it! I FINALLY got the fact fluency certificates printed, so you can see where your student is on the progress from adding to division fluency. Reading: This week we worked on making our minds like a noodle strainer. Books contain a lot of information, so much that we can't possibly hope to remember every word. We want to strain out all the noodles, the important bits of information, and get those to stick in our heads. Writing: Most of this week was spent getting with a partner and proofreading/revising the rough draft of our narrative writing piece. When that was done, we started typing our rough drafts. Math: We were all about multiplicative comparisons this week! The class did a great job and we ended by taking one final test on multiplication. Check in the Friday Folder next week for their grades. Social Studies: We continued to analyze Michigan's government this week, and then we got into the idea of citizenship. What does it mean to be a citizen, and how did we all become citizens? That was our central question this week. Science: We started a brand new unit this week all about energy. We'll be specifically trying to solve the problems of a fictional town's blackouts as we learn all about energy in all its forms. Announcements:
Don't forget that next Tuesday is election day, which means no school for the kids. Reading: People have to make inferences all the time. Inferences are guesses we make based on what we see and the things we already know. It happens automatically, but not when we read! This week the class practiced making inferences while reading. It's hard, and we'll come back to it, but they did a good job. Writing: We wrote a rough draft this week and have started the process of looking for errors. Next week we'll move on to revising and then publishing. You'll see a copy come home when it's done! Math: The class did great on our first multiplication quiz, I was blown away! Next up is multiplication word problems, which are hard. I'm confident that the class is ready to tackle them, however. Social Studies: What sort of government does Michigan have, and how does it work? This is the question we have been answering this week, and I've had some great discussions with my small groups about how our system is better than the one we came from, a monarchy. Science: Our paper airplane experiment went very well, and then we started learning about force and momentum, which we will continue into next week. |
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June 2023
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