Tis The Season

 

This past week was another productive and busy one.  We are all awaiting our winter break and the Holidays.  The classroom is bustling with activities and work.  The children are moving right along.

Our mornings start out with the word of the Day and we move onto ELA.  

Wonders:

We are continuing to work in our reading/writing companion book.  The children are reading new stories, working on the genre of the week, learning meanings of vocabulary words and the authorś point of view.  This past week they also worked on researching a famous landmark in RI and will present it in either a podcast, slide or poster.  

In Writing they have been working on realistic fiction pieces.  They are planning and drafting their story.  The topic has to do with being nervous about doing something.  They are working on creating a story about this topic and will continue this week.

The children also work on i-Ready daily to meet our 45 minute goal in both Math and Reading by the end of the week. 

Reveal Math:

We have completed Unit 5, however, we had a review of the assessment and many will be retaking it on Monday.  We went over each math problem together and they came up to show and explain their work.

Social Studies/ Holidays Around the World:

We continue to learn about how various countries celebrate the holidays.  At this point we have researched Brazil, Australia, Canada, and Germany.  We will continue with India, Canada, and Italy this upcoming week.

Amplify Science:

We are finishing up the unit on Electricity this week.  The children have been working on inputs and outputs.  They created electrical devices on the simulation online.  It was great to see them create and discover new devices as they put parts together.

 

Upcoming Events:

The week of December 16th is Spirit Week- see the flyer below to see what each day is dedicated to.

On Friday, we will have the student of the month and attendance assembly.  We are also going to hold our star conferences and it is also Grinch Day in the 4th grade (more to come on that).  

Here´s to  one more week of fun and learning.  It is going to be exciting and enjoyable for everyone.