March is theme month at school. Students are encouraged to dress accordingly if they wish!
- March 2: Sports Day
- March 10: Family Reading Night Event (6:30 - 8)
- March 11 - 14: No School
- March 11 - 14: No School
- March 16: Favorite Character Day
- March 25: PTO Family Fun Night
March 30: Hawaiian/Beach Day
READING:
We began our new genre unit that centers around the Revolutionary War period. The theme is "making choices". We read Katie's Trunk to begin. This was written from the point of view of a Tory, a colonist who was loyal to King George. We begin our novel, The Fighting Ground next week.
MATH:
Along with review lessons we have learned about how fractions and decimals are related. We practiced changing a fraction to a decimal and a decimal to a fraction. This unit contains many concepts and we have spent time reviewing. We will work with showing fractions and decimals on a number line next. Although we are at the end of new lessons once that is taught and practiced, we will not take the test yet. We will move into chapter 8 which also deals in fractions. We have found that once we are part way through this chapter, students feel more comfortable with chapter 7 concepts and are more successful. I will let you know when we will test this.
WRITING:
President reports are due Monday. I have given extra time for these because of snow days, field trip, etc. We'll work on a brochure next.
SPELLING/GRAMMAR:
We have been studying adverbs quite a bit. An adverb describes a verb as opposed to an adjective describing a noun. We also began discussing comma rules and practicing these concepts.
SCIENCE:
We have been learning about simple machines. Simple machines make work easier by allowing less effort to be exerted to do the work. We have talked about levers, wheels and axles, ramps, and screws. Next week we'll discuss the concept of flight, then create and test paper airplanes to apply what we learn. Should be a fun one!
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