News From Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Miller
This has been a great week here at school. Students continue to
work hard on their independent wonderwork. Please take a look at
more specifics on what we have been up to in the classroom.
We hope that you and your families have a wonderful weekend.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
Mrs. Angela Rowe & Mr. Dave Miller
February 5, 2016
Reading & Writing Workshop
This week in reading workshop we have been
thinking about poetry. We have been
Math Workshop
In math workshop we have been
working with solving for
wrestling with the ideas of how poets are
volume in geometric figures.
inspired to write certain poems and how we
Some things that students
determine the meaning of poetry. Our work
did to practice this in an
with poem meanings will continue into next
week.
This week in writing workshop, students have
been hard a work continuing to draft their
hands on way were to
measure the classroom (yd., m., ft.,
cm., in.) and made cubes out of rulers.
informational essays as well as edit/revise. We
have taken a closer look at how to add our
personal voice to informational writing when
we can’t use the word “I” in our essays. This
has been hard work and full of time revising
and reworking sentences within our drafts.
Science
This week in science we wrapped up
our unit on ecosystems. Students
learned what photosynthesis is and
how it works with plants.
Students also started an economics
unit in Social Studies that will
continue into next week.
Word Study
This week we started a word study unit on the
Greek and Latin roots a-, ab-, and abs-. The
assessment over this unit will be on Tuesday of
next week.
Important Dates to Know
February 11: Parent/Teacher Conferences
February 12: Fair of Hearts
February 15: No School & IRE Ice Skating
President’s Day
February 24: End of Second Trimester
February 25: No School
End of Trimester Teacher Work
Day