Week of February  23rd

   

FIELD TRIP: Tuesday, February 24th  
  Symphony and Grand Rapids Museum. Cost is $7.  

WE DO HAVE SCHOOL FEBRUARY 27TH- 
  (Previously a break day)
 
Homework:
  For some: Delta Math Review-  (This weekend some students may not have the packet at home as they were to get it returned on Friday.)

Several students brought home a packet to review concepts they need to continue to practice at home and school. These are to be turned in to me on Monday for a check in. There was a note attached to the front about them not having to be completed, just show that some work has been done.
 
For all:  Reading: Read every day.
 
For all:  February Book Project- Focus on Character (DUE MARCH 3) This assignment has a technology component. As some students do not have access to this at home, some time will be given in class for this part. 
 Students should have a book chosen (fiction) and begin reading. I went over the assignment and took questions. I will discuss it each week and it's on planners as an ongoing assignment. At the bottom of the blog I copy and pasted the assignment. You'll also see it as an attachment on email. Students have the assignment and rubric (on the reverse side of their assignment page)
  Some students do not have access to technology at home so I will give a couple days (March 2 and 3) for some in-class work time on the computer. I told the kids that they should have everything written out and prepared to complete the tech part of the project if they need time in class.

MATH:  
 There are tutorials for division and some practice in order of the concept to be taught. 

Students took the Multiplication of Whole Numbers and Decimals test on Wednesday. Some students that were absent were to take it Friday. They will take it on Tuesday and Wednesday depending upon the days they were absent. We began working in our Division unit on Thursday. This includes dividing whole numbers, decimals, and powers of 10 and problem-solving.

READING: We continue in the genre unit reading Sign of the Beaver. It revolves around the theme of facing challenges. We have been reading as a class and in pairs to discuss this novel. Students are working on comprehension and strategies, quoting from  and paraphrasing text, and using text clues to respond to questions and find meaning of unknown vocabulary. Our read aloud is Echohawk and relates to social studies and the genre unit book.
 
  WRITING:                                                                                                                                       
   Several students read their "Snowman" stories last week- they were terrific!  They really did well focusing in on using similes and a variety of sentence structures to make their stories more interesting! 

  We reviewed comma rules last week and have done some practice work. I read Eats Shoots and Leaves to the class. This book has the same sentence on 2 pages side by side. Each one uses commas in a different place which changes the meaning. The kids really enjoyed this book and we are going to be making our own version this coming week.

SCIENCE: We discussed the tides, reviewed the moon phases and lunar eclipses. We have also been reviewing the reason we have seasons and information related to this. 

  Students have their groups and chose the planet or dwarf planet they will research next week. Groups were given a page for notes and we discussed standards that will be assessed. They have the choice of creating a poster, google presentation, or Prezi. If they have another idea they may ask.

  Spelling  Students will take the Lesson 19 (oi/oy) Spelling Test on Monday
   

 Our field trip to the Grand Rapids Symphony and the Van Andel Museum is this coming Tuesday, February 24th.  Some things to remember: 

- The cost is $7

 -Please have your child wear a hat, gloves, and warm coat- it will be cold and we do have a couple short walks between venues.

- Wear shoes that are comfortable for walking outside and around in the museum.

- Bring a sack lunch and a drink- (we will have to eat on the bus)

- Students may bring technology on the bus, but this will need to be left on the bus- we'll return to same buses. Students are responsible for their possessions.