Math: The students began learning how to multiply fractions. We will be working with fractions times a whole number, fraction times a fraction, and mixed numbers times mixed numbers. Ask your student about the short cut called "kitty Kornors" to make the problems easier.
Science: Students continue to learn about microorganisms with Miss Lewis. Next week they will be growing mold from places around the school.
Social Studies: Students will be competing in our Greek Olympics next week. We will be wrestling, throwing a discus and javelin, and having chariot races.
Reading: We read a Greek Myth called, "The Flight of Icarus." We worked on our summarizing skills by completing a summary map. We had more time for SSR this week and we'll continue having more SSR time in class. We decided to increase our Reading Stamina goal to 40 minutes. Students need to be sure to have an SSR book to read in class. Next week, we will be starting "The Lightning Thief." I am very excited to began this novel with the class!
Writing: We've been working on creating personifications. We read the book "Snowflake Bentley" as a class and students wrote several personifications about snowflakes. Students will be choosing their favorite personification and putting it together with a snowflake we began creating in class. Look for these to be displayed in the hallway on SEP night!
Spelling/Vocabulary: Spelling test was today. Only 2 more weeks of vocabulary words until the big unit test! We played musical vocabulary this week and many students struggled to answer the questions about the vocabulary words correctly. Please make sure you are studying your words at home.
Reading: We read a Greek Myth called, "The Flight of Icarus." We worked on our summarizing skills by completing a summary map. We had more time for SSR this week and we'll continue having more SSR time in class. We decided to increase our Reading Stamina goal to 40 minutes. Students need to be sure to have an SSR book to read in class. Next week, we will be starting "The Lightning Thief." I am very excited to began this novel with the class!
Writing: We've been working on creating personifications. We read the book "Snowflake Bentley" as a class and students wrote several personifications about snowflakes. Students will be choosing their favorite personification and putting it together with a snowflake we began creating in class. Look for these to be displayed in the hallway on SEP night!
Spelling/Vocabulary: Spelling test was today. Only 2 more weeks of vocabulary words until the big unit test! We played musical vocabulary this week and many students struggled to answer the questions about the vocabulary words correctly. Please make sure you are studying your words at home.
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