Reminders: No school Friday and ISATs are next week: Tuesday-Thursday!
Spelling: Unit 20 test is this Thursday. The words and homework assignment are uploaded under the Spelling Tab.
5H Math: Thank you for reviewing the unit 6 test with your child! I appreciate your support in your child's learning!
Today we reviewed multiplying whole numbers and decimals by powers of 10. Students worked to determine a pattern when multiplying by powers of 10. On Tuesday, I will ask students to determine what happens to a number when divided by a power of 10. This week we will also practice the types of problems students will see on the ISAT: multiple choice, short answer, and extended response.
Reading/Writing: We continue to read Wonder aloud in class. The book allows for connections to the kids' lives as well as to our theme of courage. As in our read aloud Because of Mr. Terupt, the book is written from several characters' points of view. What a great reminder that different people can take different experiences away from the same event. We will be completing an extended response based on a question from the read aloud; students will answer a question using evidence from the text, explain their evidence, as well as incorporate their own thoughts.
We will be discussing theme in literature in greater detail this week. I hope students will be able to describe what exactly literary theme means. We will be determining the theme in different pieces and move to comparing themes among pieces.
Of course we always have time for independent reading! The kids are doing a great job trying different genres of books- keep up the reading at home and remember to log your minutes on maywattsreads.com
I'm also hoping to get the kids on Edline at some point this week. Some kids are familiar with this, while others are not...more information to come.
Grammar: This week we'll finish up using the correct tense of verbs and we'll also review adjectives (what they do and how to identify them in sentences). Many kids had a difficult time identifying adjectives.
Social Studies: Students did a wonderful job creating an organizer using Microsoft Word to gather important facts about key people in the Revolutionary War. We continue to read from our text and discuss the events of the war. It's great how our discussion of the war ties into our theme of courage. We will compare and contrast the views of Loyalists and Patriots this week.
Spelling: Unit 20 test is this Thursday. The words and homework assignment are uploaded under the Spelling Tab.
5H Math: Thank you for reviewing the unit 6 test with your child! I appreciate your support in your child's learning!
Today we reviewed multiplying whole numbers and decimals by powers of 10. Students worked to determine a pattern when multiplying by powers of 10. On Tuesday, I will ask students to determine what happens to a number when divided by a power of 10. This week we will also practice the types of problems students will see on the ISAT: multiple choice, short answer, and extended response.
Reading/Writing: We continue to read Wonder aloud in class. The book allows for connections to the kids' lives as well as to our theme of courage. As in our read aloud Because of Mr. Terupt, the book is written from several characters' points of view. What a great reminder that different people can take different experiences away from the same event. We will be completing an extended response based on a question from the read aloud; students will answer a question using evidence from the text, explain their evidence, as well as incorporate their own thoughts.
We will be discussing theme in literature in greater detail this week. I hope students will be able to describe what exactly literary theme means. We will be determining the theme in different pieces and move to comparing themes among pieces.
Of course we always have time for independent reading! The kids are doing a great job trying different genres of books- keep up the reading at home and remember to log your minutes on maywattsreads.com
I'm also hoping to get the kids on Edline at some point this week. Some kids are familiar with this, while others are not...more information to come.
Grammar: This week we'll finish up using the correct tense of verbs and we'll also review adjectives (what they do and how to identify them in sentences). Many kids had a difficult time identifying adjectives.
Social Studies: Students did a wonderful job creating an organizer using Microsoft Word to gather important facts about key people in the Revolutionary War. We continue to read from our text and discuss the events of the war. It's great how our discussion of the war ties into our theme of courage. We will compare and contrast the views of Loyalists and Patriots this week.
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