I hope all of you enjoyed your extra day with your kids!
This week, we'll dig deeper into our characters in our books. I'll be using our class read aloud about Humphrey the hamster who shares what he sees in a classroom. Students will be examining characters and their feelings and traits to get an idea of what it's like to "walk in that character's shoes". In writing, we're moving on to opinion writing for the next four weeks. Students will be learning to clearly state their opinion and eventually developing this into a strong 5 paragraph paper (introduction, 3 reasons, and conclusion). In math, we're continuing to work on multiplication and the inverse operation, division. Since students know various strategies for finding the answers, I'm now focusing on real-life problems. For example, if a student has 24 inches of ribbon and needs to split that evenly among 3 children, how much ribbon does each child get? (This would be a division problem since you're dividing the ribbon into equal groups). =) Our social studies projects were awesome and will be on display near the media center near the breezeway. Students were so proud of their NC travel brochures and 3D maps they created. We're now switching back to science for our next unit, Objects in the Sky. This week, we're focusing on the phases of the moon. Students are required to draw in the phases of the moon after daily observations on a month-long calendar. It is really helpful for students to see the changes of the moon first hand and it's a great family project. Along with this, students need to complete two more projects from a list that is given to them in science. You'll have 4 weeks and the ideas are simple and creative! Reminders: PBIS assembly on Friday morning Friday is Wear Orange and Black day. I haven't made any big plans to do a celebration on Friday, but if you want to send in a treat, send me an email =) Thank you for all you do at home to support your child, Amy Flowers [email protected]
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AuthorHi! I'm Amy Flowers-mom to four great kids and one energetic puppy. I've been in education fifteen plus years and am passionate about igniting a love for learning, not just filling a bucket.. Archives
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