Week of 11/25

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of family and food!

Reminders for the Week:

Read 25 mins. each night

Daily math sheet

*Pool- Wed. & Mon.

*Picture Retakes- Thurs. 

*Holiday Extravaganza- Fri.

Learning this Week:

Writing: Students have a special week, with multiple visits by our writing guest, Big Ryan! He will be telling stories and teaching the importance of creative writing along with techniques for the students. 

Math: Students will be taking their Topic 1-4 Benchmark Assessment. We have just started Topic 5 (Division). Students will gain a conceptual understanding of how to divide and what it means to divide. We will also introduce writing in mathematics and how ti write a thorough math explanation. 

ELA: We will read the book, Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech. Students will develop an understanding of poetic elements through the use of this narrative poem book as well as from analyzing other poems. Students will write their own poems based on inspiration from published poets. 

Science/S.S: Students will be wrapping up their unit on volcanoes and earthquakes with an activity on seismic waves. We learn how earthquakes are related to tsunamis. We will begin our social studies unit, which includes map skills and the United States.