Week in Review: October 29 - November 2

This week, we finally had a sunny enough day to test out our solar ovens for science. They were a hit, as I'm sure you heard about on Monday. Our current unit in science is landforms and changes to the earth, including volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides. We focused on landforms this week, and will move onto the natural disasters next week.

In math, we wrapped up our first multiplication unit with a test on Tuesday, and then did some fun Halloween math activities on Wednesday. We are now in unit 4 over fractions. Students are learning about area fractions (like 1/2 of a rectangle), fractions on a number line, and fractions in a set (like 1/4 of the 20 apples are red).

In language arts, we are reading non-fiction texts and focusing on finding main ideas and supporting details. This coincides well with our expository writing unit. Students are in the middle of writing an expository essay about the type of animal they believe makes the best pet. We also enjoyed an author visit from Donna Bowman this Friday morning, author of Bluebonnet Nominee Step Right Up.

And finally, in social studies we are focusing on how various heroes shape our communities. We have done a lot of talking about what makes someone a hero.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I will be out of school on Monday and Tuesday for a district training, and look forward to seeing my students on Wednesday.