I hope everyone had a nice long weekend.
I have really enjoyed meeting with all the parents I've met with so far, and look forward to seeing the rest of you Wednesday night!
5H Math: Our unit 3 test has really taken some kids a lot of time, so a few kids are still finishing up. Today, students worked on their tests, took a pre-test for unit 4 as well as worked on a "transfer task". This task required kids to use multiple skills we've learned about so far in a realistic multi-step situation.
Unit 4 focuses on geometry (see standards in email). We'll start by thinking about how geometry is used in the world around us, looking at design and architecture. Kids will need to learn or review a lot of vocab in this unit. We'll be starting with: polygon, quadrilateral/quadrangle, and the names of different types of polygons. An important part of this unit is realizing that polygons can have more than one name (e.g. a square is also a rectangle, polygon, quadrangle/quadrilateral, and a parallelogram).
I have not updated the links in the math tab for unit 4, but will do so soon. I have found more web sites that will be helpful, I just need to get the links ready. I will send an email when I've done so!
Language Arts
This week we are reading an historical fiction story in our Harcourt books about the Mayflower. This ties in well to courage as well as our social studies focus of settlers coming to North America. We've started reviewing the vocab for the story, and kids will read the story on Wednesday. Kids will be asked to put themselves in the place of the people on the journey and record what it would have been like to travel across the ocean. Students will think and write about what kind of courage this type of journey took as well as the courage it would take to start anew in North America. We will take the comprehension test on Friday.
Also, this week we will talk about how we determine the meaning of unknown words while reading as well as start an ongoing collection of interesting words we come across in our independent reading.
Besides writing about the Harcourt story and in social studies, students have also started brainstorming ideas for a second writer's workshop piece for the year. I'm encouraging kids to build upon their strengths and think about areas they need to improve for this writing piece. As always, kids should be working their way through the writing process.
Word Study: We will start the Cle (consonant -le) syllable pattern this week. Students will have a quiz on this pattern next Wednesday 11/20. Words that fit this pattern are: stifle, scribble, and responsible. Kids will have marked word examples in their word study notebooks.
We will also talk about and take notes on pronouns (what are they and when to use them) as well as how to properly make nouns plural.
Social Studies:
We will be reading quite a bit from our social studies books this week. We are learning more about what groups of people came to North America to settle and why (Pilgrims, Puritans, people searching for the "Northwest Passage"). We'll also be color-coding a map to show where people came from and where they settled throughout the week.
Citizenship:
This week we'll be learning about empathy. What does it mean to have and show empathy?
I have really enjoyed meeting with all the parents I've met with so far, and look forward to seeing the rest of you Wednesday night!
5H Math: Our unit 3 test has really taken some kids a lot of time, so a few kids are still finishing up. Today, students worked on their tests, took a pre-test for unit 4 as well as worked on a "transfer task". This task required kids to use multiple skills we've learned about so far in a realistic multi-step situation.
Unit 4 focuses on geometry (see standards in email). We'll start by thinking about how geometry is used in the world around us, looking at design and architecture. Kids will need to learn or review a lot of vocab in this unit. We'll be starting with: polygon, quadrilateral/quadrangle, and the names of different types of polygons. An important part of this unit is realizing that polygons can have more than one name (e.g. a square is also a rectangle, polygon, quadrangle/quadrilateral, and a parallelogram).
I have not updated the links in the math tab for unit 4, but will do so soon. I have found more web sites that will be helpful, I just need to get the links ready. I will send an email when I've done so!
Language Arts
This week we are reading an historical fiction story in our Harcourt books about the Mayflower. This ties in well to courage as well as our social studies focus of settlers coming to North America. We've started reviewing the vocab for the story, and kids will read the story on Wednesday. Kids will be asked to put themselves in the place of the people on the journey and record what it would have been like to travel across the ocean. Students will think and write about what kind of courage this type of journey took as well as the courage it would take to start anew in North America. We will take the comprehension test on Friday.
Also, this week we will talk about how we determine the meaning of unknown words while reading as well as start an ongoing collection of interesting words we come across in our independent reading.
Besides writing about the Harcourt story and in social studies, students have also started brainstorming ideas for a second writer's workshop piece for the year. I'm encouraging kids to build upon their strengths and think about areas they need to improve for this writing piece. As always, kids should be working their way through the writing process.
Word Study: We will start the Cle (consonant -le) syllable pattern this week. Students will have a quiz on this pattern next Wednesday 11/20. Words that fit this pattern are: stifle, scribble, and responsible. Kids will have marked word examples in their word study notebooks.
We will also talk about and take notes on pronouns (what are they and when to use them) as well as how to properly make nouns plural.
Social Studies:
We will be reading quite a bit from our social studies books this week. We are learning more about what groups of people came to North America to settle and why (Pilgrims, Puritans, people searching for the "Northwest Passage"). We'll also be color-coding a map to show where people came from and where they settled throughout the week.
Citizenship:
This week we'll be learning about empathy. What does it mean to have and show empathy?
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