Week in Review: November 13-17

What a fun week we have had leading up to our Thanksgiving break! We started and ended the week with two wonderful assemblies to celebrate International Children's week. After doing lots of online research, as well as reading non-fiction books about England, students created their own Google Drawings with what they have learned about England. These turned out really well, and are now on display in our classroom. We also had a visit from Mrs. Chuchmach who taught us even more interesting facts about England.

In science, we completed investigations on earthquakes and landslides, and then wrapped up out unit on landforms and earth changes with a test on Friday.

We enjoyed our field trip to see Ramona Quimby performed by Westwood High School students on Tuesday. We followed the performance with a picnic lunch at Brushy Creek Lake Park, and it was a beautiful day for it!

In language arts, we are beginning to learn about expository writing, and the different text structures that go along with that. So far, we have focused on descriptive writing. We read a descriptive article about the octopus, and students learned a method of note-taking called boxes and bullets. On Friday, students used the boxes and bullets strategy to plan a Thanksgiving writing piece. We brainstormed things and people they are thankful for, and students had to narrow it down to three and created a three paragraph poster about what they are thankful for.

In math we are continuing to learn about fractions, and as always, we do lot of hands on exploration so they can really grasp the big concepts. Our next skill is division, and we will work on that shortly after returning from Thanksgiving. Before the winter break, we will have test over fractions and division.

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving break. When we come back on the 27th, we will only have 4 weeks of school until winter break. That is just crazy to think that we are almost halfway through the school year!