Happy Friday, everyone!!
Writing: In writing this week we worked to complete our first information books!! We are celebrating our hard work today! Next week we are going to be starting another information book on a topic of the kid's choice. We will follow the same format as our first book but will be researching a new topic.
Reading: In reading we have been looking at evidence and how we can choose a position in an argument and angle the evidence to support our thinking. We are going to be having a big debate on Wednesday--the class has been split into Patriots and Loyalists. Each side decided on reasons and are working on gathering evidence to support their reasons. We are looking forward to showing all we have learned on Wednesday!
Science: In science this week we have continued to work in stations based around circuitry. The kids have worked extremely hard in their stations and had fun too! We will finish our stations today and will be starting a new chapter on matter early next week.
Math: We have been working on adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators. The kids have been doing really well with this and I am so proud of how hard they are working. We are planning on having our chapter 9 test late next week or early the following week (I will let everyone know for sure on Monday).
Please make sure to send in your child's jump rope for heart permission slip!! If we are the first class to get them all in we get to have some extra gym time!! :)
Upcoming Events:
2/2: PTG Board Meeting
2/5: Counselor's Day
I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the nice weather!!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Weekly Update 1/22
Happy Friday!! It felt like such a quick week with being off on Monday and Wednesday!
Writing: In writing this week we wrote chapter 3 of our information book. The kiddos put themselves in the perspective of someone who was present during the event and wrote a seed story. The kids did a fantastic job with this! We will be finishing up our information books on the American Revolution next week.
Reading: In reading we worked a little more on looking at primary sources to research. We also talked about envisioning the scene when reading nonfiction. We noticed that we can sometimes have the same thinking for nonfiction texts as we do for fiction texts.
Math: In math we worked on writing and using manipulatives to represent mixed numbers. We also learned how to turn a mixed number into an improper fraction and vice versa. The kiddos will take their chapter 8 test today and will bring it home with them early next week!
Science: We talked more about electricity this week and got to do some hands on stations. Some of our stations included using snap circuits, doing a conductor/insulator experiment, and using an interactive website to manipulate circuits. It has been a lot of fun!
Special Announcement:
It is not too late to participate in either PRISM or the Animal Expo. For the PRISM information, go to the Lindbergh School District homepage, go to either Students or Programs in the drop down menu. You will see "PRISM". When you click on that link, you can download an Entry form, a box order form, or the PRISM booklet. Just submit the Entry form and order a box next week. If you would rather do an Animal Expo project, those sheets went home recently. Both types of projects are due on Tuesday, February 16th. They will be on display at the Concord Maker's Fair night, February 18th, from 3:30-6. Both types of projects will receive a certificate, only PRISM projects will receive a prism with their grade on it.
Upcoming Events:
1/29: Family Bingo Night
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Writing: In writing this week we wrote chapter 3 of our information book. The kiddos put themselves in the perspective of someone who was present during the event and wrote a seed story. The kids did a fantastic job with this! We will be finishing up our information books on the American Revolution next week.
Reading: In reading we worked a little more on looking at primary sources to research. We also talked about envisioning the scene when reading nonfiction. We noticed that we can sometimes have the same thinking for nonfiction texts as we do for fiction texts.
Math: In math we worked on writing and using manipulatives to represent mixed numbers. We also learned how to turn a mixed number into an improper fraction and vice versa. The kiddos will take their chapter 8 test today and will bring it home with them early next week!
Science: We talked more about electricity this week and got to do some hands on stations. Some of our stations included using snap circuits, doing a conductor/insulator experiment, and using an interactive website to manipulate circuits. It has been a lot of fun!
Special Announcement:
It is not too late to participate in either PRISM or the Animal Expo. For the PRISM information, go to the Lindbergh School District homepage, go to either Students or Programs in the drop down menu. You will see "PRISM". When you click on that link, you can download an Entry form, a box order form, or the PRISM booklet. Just submit the Entry form and order a box next week. If you would rather do an Animal Expo project, those sheets went home recently. Both types of projects are due on Tuesday, February 16th. They will be on display at the Concord Maker's Fair night, February 18th, from 3:30-6. Both types of projects will receive a certificate, only PRISM projects will receive a prism with their grade on it.
Upcoming Events:
1/29: Family Bingo Night
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Friday, January 15, 2016
Weekly Update : 1/15
Hope everyone had a fantastic week and is looking forward to a 3-day weekend!!
Writing: In writing we have started drafting our information book about the topic each student chose from the American Revolution. The first chapter they drafted was a summary of the American Revolution so that their readers had a little bit of background information before they jumped into their focused topic. The second chapter is where the specific details about the event are described. Many of the kids chose to create categories in their second chapter in order to keep their information organized for their reader!
Reading: In reading this week we have been working on how to read multiple sources and take notes from those sources. We have spent time practicing how to read chunks of a book or article and then write notes in our notebook. We also focused on how important it is to combine your notes together from multiple sources in order to be efficient. Today we discussed the importance of using primary resources in our research and will continue working on that throughout next week.
Science: In science we have spent time learning about electricity. Next week the kids are going to participate in stations where they are able to put together circuits and identify insinuators and conductors.
Math: We are continuing to work on fractions and the kids seem to be getting the hang of it! They are using number lines and least common multiple to order and compare fractions. We will be having our Chapter 8 test next Friday!
Upcoming Events:
1/18: No School
1/19: PTG meeting
1/22: Ability Awareness AM
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Friday, January 8, 2016
Weekly Update: 1/8
What a great first week back to school it has been! Here's what we have been up to this week...
Writing: In writing this week we began a new unit on informational writing. Our focus this week has been on researching the American Revolution and today we chose a specific topic to focus on from the American Revolution. The kids will be writing an informational book that includes several subtopics. They are very excited about this piece!
Reading: In reading we have started a unit on reading history. We specifically have been discussing how text structure effects the way in which we read and take notes. We also have been working on reading and rereading texts in order to understand them more deeply-- in particular identifying the who, when, and where.
Science: In science we started our next chapter on electricity. We read and discussed static electricity and even got to do a couple of experiments! The salt and pepper experiment was a lot of fun because we got to hold the balloon over the salt and pepper to make them dance. We then discussed why this happens and how the charge of the balloon and salt/pepper effect the reaction.
Math: In math we are working on fractions. We started off the chapter with a review of multiples and factors, and are now focused on equivalent fractions. We have also been discussing the divisibility rules. They are doing really well! Please keep practicing multiplication facts at home! :)
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Writing: In writing this week we began a new unit on informational writing. Our focus this week has been on researching the American Revolution and today we chose a specific topic to focus on from the American Revolution. The kids will be writing an informational book that includes several subtopics. They are very excited about this piece!
Reading: In reading we have started a unit on reading history. We specifically have been discussing how text structure effects the way in which we read and take notes. We also have been working on reading and rereading texts in order to understand them more deeply-- in particular identifying the who, when, and where.
Science: In science we started our next chapter on electricity. We read and discussed static electricity and even got to do a couple of experiments! The salt and pepper experiment was a lot of fun because we got to hold the balloon over the salt and pepper to make them dance. We then discussed why this happens and how the charge of the balloon and salt/pepper effect the reaction.
Math: In math we are working on fractions. We started off the chapter with a review of multiples and factors, and are now focused on equivalent fractions. We have also been discussing the divisibility rules. They are doing really well! Please keep practicing multiplication facts at home! :)
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!
Sincerely,
Miss DiFranco
Monday, January 4, 2016
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