Literatura

This week we read Historia oral. Our objectives were:

  • rearrange parts of a story according to their time words into the correct order
  • review and demonstrate understanding of antonyms
  • review and use in colons sentences before lists, in between the hour and minutes when writing the time, and after a greeting in a letter
  • to use comprehension strategies such a summarizing and making connections to construct meaning from the text
  • to use the comprehension skill Author’s Purpose as we read our story the second time

Matemáticas

This week we continued working on our last chapter Area and Perimeter. Our objectives were:

  • use square centimeter/meter and square inch/feet to find and compare the area of figures
  • estimate the area of small and large surfaces
  • find the perimeter of figures formed using small squares and by adding its sides
  • compare the area and perimeter of two figure
  • choose the appropriate tool and units of length to measure perimeter
  • measure the perimeter of surfaces of objects and places

History & Geography

Social studies with Ms. Marci
Social studies with Ms. Marci.
We finished our unit on Colonial America this week. We read about William Penn and the history behind the founding of Pennsylvania and the Quakers. We also learned about what colonial life was like in the colonies and how the three regions differed.  We learned about what factors contributed to the revolution.  The class finished their lap books this week. Next Tuesday we will have our unit assessment, it will be an open note test.

Our objectives were to:
• identify William Penn and the Dutch as keep people relative to the settlement of the Delaware colony
• explain that the lower counties of Pennsylvania became the colony of Delaware
• provide reasons why the Middle Atlantic became one of the fastest growing regions in Colonial America
• describe everyday life in the colonies
• compare and contrast colonial life with the present day
• describe the many conflicts among the French, English, and Native Americans
• describe some of the events that led to the American Revolution and explain the statement “no taxation without representation”

Social Studies with Ms. Laura

We finished our unit on Civil Rights Leaders by learning about Cesar Chavez.  He and the other people we studied really fought so hard for fairness and equality.  We reviewed the unit by playing our own game show, “Who Am I?”, when we described, usually in just one sentence, our selected person and our “audience’ had to guess who we were.  We completed more review, an assessment and a celebration.   Thanks again for a great year!

Science

This week in our ecology domain we focused on what we can do to help our environment.  The class continued to work on their science projects.  We had some time on Tuesday to work on the chrome books.

Our objectives were to:
• list and explain ways that we can help to improve the environment

•give the definition of what a steward is and how that word can be applied to conservation

• describe and identify human made threats to the environment
• explain why sometimes animals must leave their habitats when the natural balance is lost

English Word Work

In our journals we used the word of the week “feign”. The class took a brief spelling assessment on Thursday.

Specialists

Art with Ms. Kelli

Our Visiting Artist:

We were so glad to have Maestra Ivary’s father, Ivar Benavides, visit our school again and provide an amazing art lesson for each of our Art classes this week. Señor Ivar is an artist with a disability, having lost his arms in a childhood accident when he was 11 years old in Chile. Ivar brought in some more of his beautiful paintings, and he demonstrated his painting techniques on both portraits and landscapes, by holding the paintbrush in his mouth. The students were then able to try Ivar’s same technique by painting a picture using their mouth to hold the paintbrush. Everyone did a great job with this challenging art project! Señor Ivar explained that he learned to paint by practicing very hard, and he encouraged the students to always be determined to achieve their goals in spite of obstacles. Everyone was very inspired by Señor Ivar’s lessons about both art and life. Many thanks to Señor Ivar, and to Maestra Ivary who provided the new paintbrushes and so much assistance!

Dear Parents: I enjoy working with all your wonderful children! It is such a treat to see their unique creativity and enthusiasm in Art Class. Thank you to all the parents who assisted in the art room this year, and a special thank you to Stasia!

Have a Wonderful Summer!