Hi everyone! So sorry I've been out quite a bit lately. I'm really trying to get better before spring break. With that said, if you have any questions or concerns, I'm still available to chat over email while I'm out next week.
This is the last update until after Spring Break! I will be out Tuesday and Wednesday before Spring Break. During this time, students are going to be heavily working on the Animal Adaptation school part of the project. If your child is out the week before Spring Break, they are in charge of making up what they missed in class! Check cougar folders and backpacks for project information in case you have not yet seen the at home portion of the animal adaptation project. Cougar's Call: Monday and Wednesday students will finish up Wordly Wise 6 vocabulary and March Spelling Menu work. Both are due Wednesday for an informal grade. Students will also take the March spelling test Wednesday for an informal grade. On Tuesday, students will meet with their targeted math groups for decimal and fraction review. Math: The Topic 12 Test is Monday. Topic 12 test will be a formal math grade. This test requires students to understand that decimals are out of 10 or 100 in fraction form. They need to be able to compare and add decimals as well. Khan Academy is a great extra resource as well as the study guide! Let me know if you have questions or your child needs additional help before the test! On Tuesday and Wednesday students will work on test corrections and play fraction and decimal games! Literacy: Students are finishing up a stand alone lesson on the effects of technology on children in North Carolina. Students have been given multiple resources that include interviews, photographs, and maps that tell them more about technology in North Carolina. As they learn, students are recording their findings in their literacy notebook. Starting Monday students will get to write their findings in a more formal writing form to turn in. Integrated Studies: Students will be working on the Animal Adaptation project in class. In class students are in charge of creating a profile card that includes complete sentences about the animal they are researching. The profile card includes a description of the animal, it's habitat, predators, diet, lifespan, and habits. In class, students should also create a detailed illustration of the animal as well as a map of where the animal lives in North Carolina. The map and illustration may be part of the profile card or done on separate pieces of paper. At home, students are creating the animal WITH the adaptation. In addition to creating a 2D or 3D version of the animal in it's habitat, students needs to write about the adaptation on an index card. More information can be found on the project form. Projects are due Tuesday, April 10th after Spring Break. If you are still unsure of what the expectations are, please email me or write a note in your child's agenda. This is a big project worth a lot of points! Tell your child not to wait until the last minute to do the home portion of the project! ANNOUNCEMENTS: -Spring Break Thursday 3/29 - Sunday 4/8 -Adaptation Project Due 4/10 HOMEWORK: -Animal Adaptation Project -Read 2 and half hours and log in agenda A huge thank you to Mrs. Purser, Mrs. Hazzard, and Mrs. Kerr for helping out at the Fun Run! I don't know what I'd do without you all! Also, thank you for donating spiral notebooks this week! Thank you all for your support, donations, and patience during planning for Raleigh. It's a lot of prep work, but it is such a fun trip! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did! Here's our last full week until Spring Break!
Needs: -Wide-ruled composition or spiral notebooks -A volunteer to help mark shirts during Fun Run Wednesday at 12:15 Cougar's Call: Monday and Wednesday students will work on March Spelling and wordly wise vocabulary work. Tuesday students will start the Math Mock EOG during this time. On Thursday we will switch for flexible math groups. Friday we will have morning meeting and catch up time. Math: On Monday we will compare decimals. Tuesday is a mock EOG. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday we will review decimals in word problems and use them to talk about money. Literacy: This week we will continue EOG prep with a focus on narrative nonfiction. Students will take a close look at characters, setting, making inferences, summarizing, and theme. Integrated Studies: On Monday I will introduce our next big project for the year! Students will pick a native North Carolina animal to research. After researching this animal, they will draw or build an animal with the adaptation that will help the animal survive due to an Earth stressor (tornado, forest fire, flood, etc.) More information about the project will be sent home Monday in Cougar Folders. The rest of next week will be spent researching their animal, habitat, and stressor. HOMEWORK: -Topic 12 Math Study Guide -Adaptation Project! (Due Tuesday, April 10th) ANNOUNCEMENTS: -3/21 - Morning snack time. The Boosterthon Fun Run is at 12:15 with lunch in the classroom afterwards. -3/23 - Clubs -3/27 - 3/29 - I will be out these days. Students will have a substitute :) -3/30 - 4/8 - SPRING BREAK! -4/10 - Adaptation Project Due Raleigh is next week! Check your child's agenda on Monday for field trip information! Also, I forgot to mention that homework from last week's post was postponed. The Topic 11 line plot study guide is now due Monday 3/12. Let me know if you have any questions :)
NEEDS: -A few parent volunteers for Science on Wednesday. (More info below in Integrated Studies) -Wide Ruled Composition Books/Notebooks Cougar's Call: On Monday and Wednesday, students will work on word work and vocabulary. Tuesday we will have additional targeted math instruction. On Thursday we will start the ELA Cycle 4 assessment in the morning and continue throughout the day. Math: On Monday we will review line plots. Please have students bring in the line plot study guide in on Monday. Tuesday we will take the Topic 11 Assessment on line plots. Wednesday will be a catch up day. Literacy: In Literacy we are continuing EOG prep. This week we will look into folktales. Over the week we will work on annotating folktales and determining the theme of the passages. Integrated Studies: This week we will take a closer look into animal adaptations. On Wednesday, I would love some extra help to work on some mini science labs on animal adaptations. Everything is planned and we have materials, I just would love an extra set of hands to help move around the room. Here are some of the experiments we will do! (www.thediscoveryapple.com/2017/08/14/10-exciting-animal-adaptations-activities-and-resources/) Let me know if you are free from about 3:20-4:00 on Wednesday afternoon :) HOMEWORK: -Fraction review lessons worksheet due Thursday 3/15 -Read and log in agenda -Track life log ANNOUNCEMENTS: 3/15 - I will be out for the Fire and Life Safety Bowl Tournament until the afternoon. Mrs. Williams will be with the class. I hope to be back before the end of the day to prepare the kids for Raleigh 3/16 - Raleigh!! PLEASE BE AT SCHOOL AT 6:15 AM. Buses leave at 6:30. We will return around 7 p.m. I will keep you updated through the remind me app. Students should wear uniforms. NO ELECTRONICS OR BACKPACKS ALLOWED. More info sent home in Cougar Folder. 3/20 - Math Mock EOG 3/21 - Boosterthon Fun Run 3/23 - Clubs |
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