3/3/25 - 3/7/25

 

Reading:  Module 3 is all about natural disasters.  These stories will help us build our nonfiction reading skills.  As always our ELA time provides us with opportunities to respond to texts in complete sentences and full paragraphs, practice vocabulary, and work on our reading and grammar skills.  Amira and IXL are essential in helping us build our skills.  

Science:  STEM coach, Mrs. Gemmell, will support us in Our Earth's Patterns and Movement unit.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 Lesson 3 will give us more details on those first colonies in North America, and Lesson 4 will help us dig a little deeper into the 13 English colonies.  We are spending a lot of time talking about colonies because, at the end of Chapter 5, the students will work collaboratively in groups to take what they have learned in class and develop their own colonies!

Math:  Module 3 is about conversions.  Working on math IXL Action Plan skills is one of the best ways for my math students to build those foundational skills that will help them for years to come.

2/24/25 - 2/28/25

 

Reading:  Module 3 is all about natural disasters.  These stories will help us build our nonfiction reading skills.  Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives is up first! As always our ELA time provides us with opportunities to respond to texts in complete sentences and full paragraphs, practice vocabulary, and work on our reading and grammar skills.  Amira and IXL are essential in helping us build our skills.  

Science:  STEM coach, Mrs. Gemmell, will support us in Our Earth's Patterns and Movement unit.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."  Lesson 2 is "New European Colonies" and Lesson 3 is "The First Colonies."

Math:  Module 2 is about adding and subtracting decimals.  Module 3 is about conversions.  Working on math IXL Action Plan skills is one of the best ways for my math students to build those foundational skills that will help them for years to come.

2/17/25 - 2/21/25

 

CogAT Testing:  We will spend the bulk of our ELA time this week on cognitive abilities testing which will measure student reasoning and problem-solving abilities in verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal areas. 

Reading:  Module 3 is all about natural disasters.  These stories will help us build our nonfiction reading skills.  Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives is up first! As always our ELA time provides us with opportunities to respond to texts in complete sentences and full paragraphs, practice vocabulary, and work on our reading and grammar skills.  Amira and IXL are essential in helping us build our skills.  

Science:  We will spend our science time catching up on social studies.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."  Lesson 2 is "New European Colonies" and Lesson 3 is "The First Colonies."

Math:  Module 2 is about adding and subtracting decimals.  Module 3 is about conversions.  Working on math IXL Action Plan skills is one of the best ways for my math students to build those foundational skills that will help them for years to come.

2/10/25 - 2/14/25

 

Notes:  Our classroom Valentine's Day parties are on Thursday, February 13th.  Students don't have to bring in Valentine's Day cards, but if they do, please have them bring one for each of the 25 students in our classroom.

Reading:  Module 3 is all about natural disasters.  These stories will help us build our nonfiction reading skills.  Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives is up first! As always our ELA time provides us with opportunities to respond to texts in complete sentences and full paragraphs, practice vocabulary, and work on our reading and grammar skills.  Amira and IXL are essential in helping us build our skills.  

Science:  We've been very lucky to have Mrs. Gemmell in our room for science nearly every day for the last 3 weeks.  We will spend our science time for the next two weeks catching up on social studies.

Social Studies:  Chapter 5 of the textbook is called "The Struggle to Found Colonies."  Lesson 1 is "Hard Times in Virginia" and Lesson 2 is "New European Colonies."

Math:  Module 2 is about adding and subtracting decimals.  Working on math IXL Action Plan skills is one of the best ways for my math students to build those foundational skills that will help them for years to come.