History & Geography

This week we reviewed our unit on the Constitution and took a closer look at the Bill of Rights. We held a constitutional convention in the class. Delegates from four “state” groups presented the the four rights and rules that they wanted to be included in our class Constitution. They then debated and compromised until they had chosen 10 ideas. The delegates then went back to their “state” groups to try and get the constitution ratified. On Thursday we reviewed our unit and took our assessment. On Friday we began our new unit, the War of 1812.

Our objectives this week were to:
• breakdown and understand the meaning of the words in the Preamble

• identify the 10 Amendments as the Bill of Rights

• understand that the US was the first country to establish a constitution by the people and that other countries later followed suit

• understand the causes of the War of 1812

• identify James Madison, Dolley Madison, and the War Hawks

Science

This week we  read more about beetles.  We learned about some pretty interesting beetles such as the Dung beetle, Rhinoceros beetle, and Goliath beetle. On Friday we began to learn whether insects are Friend or Foe and how human beings are doing harm to insects and why this matters. Friday, March 8 will be the due date for reports and models.  Students will be giving short speeches on their insect the Thursday. March 14.

Our objectives this week were to:

• list some ways that beetles differ from other insects.

• name different types of beetles

• Understand that beetles make up two-thirds of all insects on our planet

• identify ways in which insects can be helpful to people

• identify ways in which insects can be harmful to people

• explain what an entomologist does

 

English Spelling and Writing

In our journals we used the idiom of the ” she is giving me the cold shoulder ” . The class did to spelling of assignments and took their final spelling test on Friday.  Our Word Wall words were: rain , ride, really, school.

La lectura

This week we read Como esconder un pulpo y otras criaturas marinas.

Our weekly objectives were to:

• connect the story to our theme: Look Again
• practice making connections to yourself, to another story, and to the world while reading
• practice identifying the main idea of the story and finding details to support it

We ran out of time this week for our High Frequency Word Quiz so we will have it on Monday! Our words are: bien, día, su adiós, del, ahora, a, muy

 

Las matemáticas

This week we finished our unit on money!

Our weekly objectives were to:

• compare amounts of money using tables
• use bar models to solve real-world problems involving adding and subtracting money
• show what you know on the chapter test

Next week we will being working on fractions! Continue having students name, recognize coin amounts, and add up money at home for extra practice!

 

Specialists:

Art with Ms. Kelly

Our art projects this month were:

Clay masks with Miss Karen

Valentine pictures

Use Oil Pastel and watercolor to create heart designs. These turned out very beautiful!

Name Insects

Learn how to make a REFLECTION (Mirror Image) of your name, and then turn it into an insect design. The students created their own unique insect!

City REFLECTIONS

Use markers to draw buildings, and then fold the drawing onto wet paper to create a reflection. Great job, everyone!