THOMPSON TRIBUNE
Eli Pinney Elementary, Room 120
February 22 - February 25, 2016
Important Dates to
Remember for
Next Week
* No School Friday
2/26 - Teacher work
day
* Progress reports sent
home 3/4
* Mrs. Thompson will
be back on Tuesday
March 8th
Related Arts Schedule
(4 Day Rotation)
A - Day: – P.E. (Ms. Hathaway)
B - Day: – Art (Mr. Blair)
C – Day – Library (Mrs. Riley)
D - Day - Music (Mrs. Casto)
Academics
Reading Workshop- The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, What
Do Teachers Do (after you leave school)?, predicting what might
happen next, The Nurse from the Black Lagoon, Strega Nona,
introducing non-fiction texts - what do you know about nonfiction?
chart, finished our chapter book Lulu Walks the Dogs Writing Workshop – Narrative ideas chart, free writing time all
this week- the kiddos could choose to write either a narrative or
an opinion piece and I conferenced with them about their writing
throughout the week
Word Study - “ick”, “ink”, and “ing”, If I Can Spell…, making
words, picture sort, assessment today 2/25 Math - Measurement, ‘How many feet?’ pre-assessment, ‘Cats and
Paws’ pre-assessment, ‘Distances in the Classroom’ activity, How
Big is a Foot?, foot measuring activity (trace your shoe and use
that to measure objects around the room), Sums and Differences
game Social Studies - The sun and energy, What do you know about
the sun? chart, “Energy” video, Living Sunlight, Brainpop Jr. “Heat
Energy”, “What is Energy?” video, Energy, “Energy Experiments”
video, Science Journal writing- what have you learned about the
Sun and energy?, our 5th grade buddies shared their science
projects with us today (about light and sound), celebrated Read
Aloud Day in the library with our 5th grade buddies Featuring Room 120……………………”Science with our buddies”