Week in Review: January 23-27

First of all this week, I want to congratulate Mahek and Dheeshith for advancing to the Regional Science Fair. Great job on your projects, and good luck at the next level!

Secondly, I want to congratulate the 16 students from my class who read at least 5 Bluebonnet books and successfully passed the quizzes over them. We had a great time at the Bluebonnet Voting Party on Friday morning!

This week in science, we wrapped up our unit on soil with a rock banging experiment on Monday to learn about weathering. Then on Tuesday, we ate Nerds candy in the name of science of course! Ask your child about how eating nerds can represent weathering, erosion, and deposition. On Friday, we began delving into our next unit on the water cycle with some online interactive activities.

In math, we are nearing the end of fractions, and will have a unit assessment on Tuesday. We practiced using several manipulatives this week to represent equivalent fractions, including fraction bricks, fraction circles, and pattern blocks.

In language arts, we are still reading lots of traditional literature, as well as writing our own fiction stories. I hope to have those published by the end of next week.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Week in Review: January 17-20

This week just flew by as a 4 day week, and I was off campus for professional development on Wednesday, so I only had three days with my class.

In language arts, we are beginning to read traditional literature, such as folktales, myths, legends, and fables. We are learning about themes and morals, and how literature was passed down through generations. Students are beginning their own fiction writing pieces, and many of them are choosing to write a fairy tale or legend. I can't wait to see what they come up  with when they are free to use their imagination!

Below is a link to a Padlet we created on Friday, where students posted about the themes in the fables they have read. Click on the image below to see their work!

In math, we are still working on fractions, particularly on equivalent fractions. At the training I went to on Wednesday, I learned about two new tools that we were able to use in class this week. Ask your child about watching a video with interactive questions embedded in it. Or ask him/her how they liked playing a fraction review game on Quizalize. I look forward to using both of these much more in the months to come.

In science, we have continued our study of soil, learning how it is formed, and what different types there are. In other science related news, eight of my students participated in the science fair. I am so proud of each of them!

In social studies, we spent more time learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. at the beginning of the week, and then moved onto economics, learning about goods and services, and producers and consumers.