Dear Families, I hope you all had a wonderful vacation! It sounds like the students had a fun and restful week.
This week in reading we launched our second round of nonfiction book clubs. Students continued with the same topic they were reading about (weather, land animals, space, and ocean life) and were given a new book to read. Round 1 was all about finding the main idea and its supporting details, now we will take a look at the overall structure of the nonfiction book. Is it cause/effect? compare/contrast? or sequence? etc. By identifying the overall text structure students will have a better understanding of any nonfiction book.
In writing, we will continue to work on our informational books but will also be discussing expository essay writing and how students respond to text. We will take a look at previous MCAS questions and practice how to write a strong essay! ELA MCAS will be March 30th and April 1st.
In science, we introduced the egg drop competition with students. Guidelines and directions were sent home yesterday. There is a slip that requires a parent signature which acknowledges you have read and agreed on your child's partnership or their decision to work alone. This is due TOMORROW 2/28. Students were also introduced to the journal they will be using to track their progress along the way. The journal is a large part of their grade so please make sure your child is putting effort into their journals and they are handing it in on time (there are 4 due dates). Our field trip to Fenway will be April 8th! There will be more information to follow. Please reach out if you have any questions!
Have a great weekend!!
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Monday, February 3, 2020
Week of January 20th and January 27th
Dear Families,
Happy February! We will be celebrating our 100th day of school this Thursday! Can you believe it? The past couple of weeks have brought us a lot of new concepts! We started our nonfiction book clubs, our writing informational unit, learned about the states of matter in science, and adding and subtracting mixed numbers in math!
Last week students were assigned a science project that will be due this Thursday the 6th. Students are asked to create a poster that represents the three states of matter. They were given pom poms to illustrate the molecules in a solid, liquid, and gas. I gave everyone a rubric and they should use it to make sure they have completed all requirements. We will begin learning about the water cycle this week!
In writing, we brainstormed topics we are experts in and chose one topic we wanted to write about. Students began by writing the parts of their story and organizing them into chapters! Students are really excited about this unit because they get to become the teacher and teach their readers everything they know about that one topic.
In reading, we met with our new book club groups for our nonfiction unit! Students chose their topic and their books. We are starting the unit by having everyone in the group read the same book and discuss what they read. Once students are comfortable with discussing nonfiction texts, we will move on to more of a choice. Students will choose a topic based around their group's larger topic and they are responsible for reading and researching information to teach their group!
Important reminders:
Happy February! We will be celebrating our 100th day of school this Thursday! Can you believe it? The past couple of weeks have brought us a lot of new concepts! We started our nonfiction book clubs, our writing informational unit, learned about the states of matter in science, and adding and subtracting mixed numbers in math!
Last week students were assigned a science project that will be due this Thursday the 6th. Students are asked to create a poster that represents the three states of matter. They were given pom poms to illustrate the molecules in a solid, liquid, and gas. I gave everyone a rubric and they should use it to make sure they have completed all requirements. We will begin learning about the water cycle this week!
In writing, we brainstormed topics we are experts in and chose one topic we wanted to write about. Students began by writing the parts of their story and organizing them into chapters! Students are really excited about this unit because they get to become the teacher and teach their readers everything they know about that one topic.
In reading, we met with our new book club groups for our nonfiction unit! Students chose their topic and their books. We are starting the unit by having everyone in the group read the same book and discuss what they read. Once students are comfortable with discussing nonfiction texts, we will move on to more of a choice. Students will choose a topic based around their group's larger topic and they are responsible for reading and researching information to teach their group!
Important reminders:
- Report cards will be able to be viewed this Wednesday the 5th.
- Friday the 14th is a half day for students
- February vacation is the week of the 17th
Have a great week!
U4W4 Spelling Words (Test Fri. 2/7)
Spelling Pattern: Words that end with the suffixes -ible and -able.
- sensible
- washable
- available
- agreeable
- fashionable
- valuable
- flexible
- reasonable
- favorable
- breakable
- convertible
- forgettable
- laughable
- sociable
- allowable
- divisible
- hospitable
- reversible
- responsible
- tolerable
Challenge words:
- noticeable
- conceivable
- disposable
- biodegradable
- collapsible
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