This week in language arts, we finished up our imaginative stories, publishing and illustrating our final copies. We also ended our reading unit over traditional literature by performing Reader's Theater plays of folktales. The students really enjoyed this activity!
We started the week in math with a quiz over geometry, you can see how well your child did by checking grades in Home Access Center. Then we moved onto a unit of multiplication and division, beginning with the easier 0s and 1s facts, then jumping right into the 9s facts! We learned how to use our 10s facts to help us recall the 9s. Here is an example of what I mean:
5 X 9 ....think that 5 X 10 is 50, so 5 X 9 must be one group of 5 less than 50. So 50 - 5 is 45.
In science, we began the week with a test over soil and natural resources. The students have been really excited to learn about our next unit, weather. We've been tracking forecasts in Austin and El Paso, and they are especially interested in the big weather changes we've had today! We will continue our weather unit for the next two weeks.
In social studies, our student teacher, Ms.Na, has taken over the economics unit as students learn about supply and demand. The kids are looking forward to the economics fair on March 12 to culminate our unit!
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