La Lectura

We have been focusing on our grammar and the parts of speech that make up our sentences.  Last week we worked with nouns. This week we are focusing on verbs.  All the students are comfortable with the concept of verbs but they can also be a bit tricky in Spanish.  Spanish verb endings change according to the noun/pronoun.  This week we added a verb conjugation section to our Spanish journals and conjugated a bunch of verbs into the first person singular.  This way they can really see the consistency/pattern.

We read a great story this week and really focused on answering comprehension questions in complete sentences.  Students are finding this easier each week, as practice makes us all feel more comfortable.

Students received their new spelling lists on Tuesday.  Their test will be Friday, January 31st.

Las matemáticas

Our objectives this week were:

• Learn to apply the inverse relationship of multiplication and division to write division statements from a corresponding multiplication sentence.
• Understand related multiplication and division facts.
• Divide to find the number of items in each group.
• Divide to find the number of groups.
• ​​Write division sentences for real-world problems.​
• Express division sentences for real-world problems.

 

The last of the genius hour projects were presented on Friday. They were fantastic!  We will begin our next GH project next Friday.  One of the questions each student answered after their presentation was, “What would you do differently next time?”  I can’t wait to see what comes next!

Social Studies

This week each student was assigned a Native American tribe in which they will be researching during the month of February.  I hope you found the detailed informational packet and were able to review this with your student.

This week our main objectives were to :

*Describe the culture and ways of life of the peoples of the Eastern Woodlands.

*Explain why the Haudenosaunee Confederacy was important.

*Identify reasons for the struggle between Native Americans and Europeans Americans.

*Understand the meaning of the following vocabulary: Landscape, stalk, wigwam, longhouse, ebb sachem, and peace pipe.

 

Science:

This week our goals were to :

*Observe and describe basic characteristics of an animal.

*Explain that scientists classify animals by common or shared characteristics.

*Identify basic characteristics of reptiles.

*Classify particular animals as reptiles.

*Compare and contrast two groups of vertebrates.