Weekly Updates and Reminders:
- UPCOMING FIELD TRIP permission slips and money DUE. We will be spending the day on Monday, March 18th in Lansing.
- Our PTA is hosting another Family Skate Night at Bonaventure Skating Rink on Wednesday, March 13th.
- Friday, March 22nd will be a half-day of school.
- Friday, March 29th is our last day of school before SPRING BREAK! School will resume on Monday, April 8.
- The second trimester ends this Friday, March 15. Report cards will be posted on Skyward on Wednesday, March 27.
- MARCH IS READING MONTH! Students are to read for AT LEAST 30 minutes each evening and write it on their log. Please tally their minutes and send these logs to school every Monday for the month of March.
MATH
Students just took the Unit 5 assessment. We will review the test on Monday and their results will be sent home. Unit 6 students will compare different strategies to solving the same problem and reflect on which strategy is more efficient and appropriate. Students will also learn how to model multi-step number stories with one or more equations and represent the unknown quantities with letters. Students will also be introduced to the order of operations and learn how parentheses function as grouping symbols that affect the order of operations.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
We had great fun making a huge slice of pizza to enhance our learning about how Michigan's agriculture supplies many of the ingredients needed to make pizza, due in part to our state's unique geography and different types of climate. Our learning also included how we produce, distribute and consume goods and services. Look for this ART work outside our classroom!
SCIENCE
This week students determined the mass of a volume of vinegar and baking soda before mixing them. They observed bubbling and fizzing, evidence that a new material- carbon dioxide gas- formed. The new material is evidence that a chemical reaction occurred. Students determined that the mass of the mixture after bubbling stops is less than the mass of the original materials. This change in mass pushes students to infer that carbon dioxide has mass, which went into the air.
Word Study/Grammar:
This week students determined the mass of a volume of vinegar and baking soda before mixing them. They observed bubbling and fizzing, evidence that a new material- carbon dioxide gas- formed. The new material is evidence that a chemical reaction occurred. Students determined that the mass of the mixture after bubbling stops is less than the mass of the original materials. This change in mass pushes students to infer that carbon dioxide has mass, which went into the air.
Word Study/Grammar:
This week for grammar we are on Week Twenty-three. The students are learning all about the Sound of Y and forming past-tense by adding -ed.
Writing:
We have started Opinion Writing. The students have been learning about the difference between a fact and an opinion. We have also started making a list of our favorites to form our opinion. We are also talking a lot about the importance of including reasons and examples.
Reading:
Last week we started Unit 3 in Reading where we are focusing on Non-fiction reading. So far this year, our reading units have really been focused on fictional reading and character studies. We will now be focusing on the very important skills that are needed when reading informational texts.
We are also examining non-fiction articles, learning how to take notes, and write a summary including only the main ideas and details. Ask your child to tell you about the article Extinct: Famous Animals that are No More.We closely examined this article and then completed a written summary as a class.
We are also examining non-fiction articles, learning how to take notes, and write a summary including only the main ideas and details. Ask your child to tell you about the article Extinct: Famous Animals that are No More.We closely examined this article and then completed a written summary as a class.
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