News From Mrs. Rowe and Mr. Miller
We hope that your weeks have been good. At school we have been
busy continuing work in all content areas. It has been fun to watch as
the kids start thinking deeper about their learning and asking
questions to continue their learning.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to email us.
Mrs. Angela Rowe & Mr. Dave Miller
January 22, 2016
Reading & Writing Workshop
This week in reading workshop, students have
been working on comparing and contrasting
Math Workshop
In math workshop we are wrapping up
our study on adding and
multiple non-fiction texts. Students are taking
these compare and contrasts and writing a
subtracting fractions. This
reflective essay to show this thinking. It was due
week we did multiple lessons
on Friday.
and practice activities with
In writing workshop, students have started to write
their body paragraphs for their research essays.
We will continue this work. Essays will be due
this. The test over this unit
was Friday (today).
sometime in early February. At the start of each
class time, students have been using that transition
time to do their own wonder research. They are
currently thinking about how they would like to
creatively present this work to their peers.
Word Study
This week in word study we started a new Greek
and Latin root unit on di, dis, and dif (meaning
not). This unit will wrap up with a test on Thursday
of next week.
Science
This week in science we started a
unit on ecosystems. We discussed
photosynthesis and plant
structures. This learning will
continue into next week.
Important Dates to Know
January 29: Movie Night
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