Volume 16, Issue 1
Our focus in math will be multiplying decimals, dividing decimals and dividing fractions. A few days will be spent on each concept, which will involve independent practice time, small group work, and short formative assessments. Students will also continue their work with Hands On Equations to introduce and explore algebra concepts.
During these next few weeks students will be working with poetry. We will slow down the reading process to truly understand the theme of the poem. Students will read and re-read for meaning while asking questions for clarity. Students will actively listen to poetry and create their own poetry throughout this unit.
I will continue to work with students in small groups or individually (working on different reading strategies, or doing running records to see which reading level they may currently be reading).
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Students will begin working on a poetry book and begin exploring multiple types of poetry in written form.
Spelling: Students are working on word sort packets and activities. Some activities may come home as homework (sorting activities), but most will be done in class during our writing block.
We as a class will continue our grammar instruction- specifically working with homophones and homonyms.
Science instruction will focus on our Earth and Moon.
(Chapter 1 Earth Science) Students will work to answer the big question: “How do Earth and its Moon create cycles?”. Students will learn new vocabulary words such as: rotation, eclipse, apparent motion, etc. and follow the moon’s cycle for personal observation and
Our next social studies focus will be on Chapter 15,
War and Reconstruction, studying the Civil War. We will learn specifically about: North and South, slavery, and how the North won this war.
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Health instruction will begin May 16th. Students will learn about the endocrine system, the reproductive
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