Literatura
This week we read the selection El rey de los espias de Yorktown, by. After going thought the vocabulary and the characteristics of this expository piece, maestra Paola read this selection aloud. The purpose for this was to model reading with fluency, expression and intonation- an area we have been focusing on in literacy. I conducted some reading assessments this week to evaluate thise objectives. Some students took home a “telephone” , a reading device used to listen to their voice when they read. We worked on the reading compression skill Drawing Conclusions.
Students are assigned to do some of their reading in Spanish aloud!
Congratulations to our students who did a remarkable job on their presentations of the American Revolution Project!
Ciencias
This week students continued to read about plants: their structure and needs in order to develop and grow. We read about photosynthesis and observed the growth of the plants we have in our classroom. Students took home a new science book. They are expected to read over the weekend and be back ready to discuss on Monday.
Learning Outcome:
- Plants make their own food by photosynthesis.
- Chlorophyll is the green pigment that absorbs sunlight in the cell of producer organisms.
- Green plant cells make sugar (food) from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight, and release oxygen.
How do animals get the nutrients they need?
Our investigations will focus on animal/human digestion next week. We have been observing the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly. I will go more in depth about the concept of digestion and the process used by animals to break down complex food items into simple nutrients.
History & Geography
Looking at our awesome European Explorers posters!
This week we began studying Early Russia.
Our objectives were:
- Describe Russia’s early roots.
- Explain the impact of the Vikings on Russia.
- Summarize Christianity’s spread in Russia.
- Describe the impact of the Mongol invasion on Russia.
- Summarize the rise of Moscow.
- Summarize Ivan the Great’s early life.
- Describe how Ivan the Great ruled Muscovy.
- Explain the role of the serfs in Russia.
Mathematics
Working on ratios!
Working with word problems!
This week we continued working with Ratios.
Our objectives were:
- interpret ratios given in fraction form
- write ratios in fraction form to find how many times as large as one number another number is
- read and write ratios with three quantities
- express equivalent ratios with three quantities
- solve real-world problems involving ratios and fraction
- solve real-world problems involving ratios with three quantities
English Word Work
Blind Sort Test!
This week we completed our ration and began again.
Our rotation days were:
- Writer’s Workshop: This week students could choose between writing on our prompt (you find a mysterious door with a key what happens next?), revising past writing, or reading their writing to a classmate.
- Blind Sort Test: Students tested each other on their spelling using the Blind Sort method.
- Teacher Meeting: I met with each student to discuss and clarify their new sort
- Word Search: Students received a word search with their new spelling words. They were tasked with finding and sorting their new words.
Our spelling test will be Thursday February 15th!
Specialists
Character Education: