Monday, April 11, 2016

Week of 4/11

Happy Monday!

Reminders for the week:
Vocab. Quiz #1- Friday
Read 25 mins. each night
Spring Vacation is Next Week
Please bring in biography books! (Wednesday)

Learning this Week:
Math: We will be starting Topic 13 (Extending Fraction Concepts). Students will be multiplying fractions and comparing equivalent fractions and decimals.
Writing: We will work on making text connections through our read aloud, The Marvelous Adventures of Edward Tulane. In addition, we will be reviewing the different types of figurative language and write our own free verse poems. We will also answer some prep questions for PARCC.
Science: We will continue to compare and contrast two articles about ocean animals and the ways they are impacted by their environment. Students will turn Venn diagrams into explanatory writing pieces.
ELA: Students will be typing up pourquoi tales in the computer lab. We will start our research this week on our biographies as I model researching by using Jackie Robinson.

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