Week of 1/14

Good Morning!

Reminders for the Week:
Read 25 mins. each night
Daily math sheet
*Early Release- Friday 1/18
*MLK Day- Mon. 1/21
*Patriots Gear- Friday 1/18 (Wear your hat for a dollar!) 

Learning this Week:
Writing: Students are picking animals to research as part of our nonfiction reading and writing unit. Students are learning how to research, cite sources for a bibliography, take notes, and use different strategies for writing ideas in our own words.

Math: Students will be finishing up learning on Factors and Multiples. We will assess on Wednesday to check for student understanding. We will begin to discuss concepts for Topic 8 (Fraction Equivalence). 

ELA: Students are learning about the different genres of nonfiction. We are still focused on narrative nonfiction, but we are incorporating essential skills of main idea and text structure.

Science/ S.S: Students will be learning how to classify animals, different habitats, and read articles to strengthen their background knowledge in order to complete their slideshow on animal adaptations.   

Week of 1/7/19

Good Morning!

Reminders for the Week:

Daily math sheet

25 minutes of reading

*Early Release- Friday, 1/18

*MLK Day- Monday, 1/21

Learning this Week:

Writing: Students are setting three different goals for the new year. They are working on explaining how they will accomplish each goal. We have also started Vocab. #17. Students are using the words in quick writes and with various activities.

Math: We have just started Topic 7 (Factors & Multiples). Students will be expected to know and understand the terms: prime, composite, factor, and multiple. We will be working on these skills all week.

ELA: Students are being exposed to a variety of narrative nonfiction texts. Students are gaining knowledge of text structure, main idea, and learning about how and why authors write narrative nonfiction. 

Science/S.S: Students are continuing to learn different map skills. We will begin our unit on the U.S. Regions to answer the question, How does where you live affect how you live?