5/5/2016
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Room 103
May Whitney Elementary School
This Week During Class...
Language Arts:
In reading, we continued to learn about poems. We talked about how
poets use similar techniques on all the poems they write. We also
discussed how it is important to make meaning of each piece of a poem
to understand the entire thing.
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We finished revising . The students worked on picking more specific
verbs and adding details to their nous (word choice). They also decided
how to give readers information about content specific words that they
used. We ended the week editing our pieces.
Math:
We started Module 11 by looking at fractions. We worked on
equivalent fractions and compared fractions with common and
uncommon denominators. We used manipulatives to help us compare
fractions with unlike denominators, but learned a few tricks, to use when
comparing fractions.
Social Studies:
This week we finished our presentations on our people of Illinois. We,
also, finished our ABC books on Illinois. They should have come home
with your child today. Be sure and check them out!
Other News:
If your child participated in the Six Flags Read to Succeed program the
tickets are in your child’s folder.
Thank you so much for showing us your appreciation this week.
Your children make every day worth coming to school!