History & Geography

Mathematics

• Dividing decimals
• Dividing by tens, hundreds and thousands
• Estimating sums, differences, products and quotients with decimal
• Math Bingo: with division and decimals
• Celebration of Pi Day (one day early) with song and activity, including the 2/3 class.

Lectura

Club de lectores La llamada de la selva.

Dear families, that was a full week!

This week we went over the results of our assessments and continued with our literacy routines. Our spelling work this week focused on the letter h in the middle of a word, and during grammar studies, we worked on the use of prepositions. We were so excited to start our new literature circle, La llamada de la selva. We also continued to work on our school play, Cómo domar al monstruo de plástico.

I cannot tell you how disappointed students were to find out school was going to be closed for a couple weeks. We all love school so much! They were all so mature and understanding, and as a class we put together a plan. Please stay tuned as I will be updating assignments regularly. Families can work and develop a homework schedule that best fits their needs. However, I believe continuing with a routine that is similar to what we do in school would be highly beneficial. I suggest families to devote time for Spanish work everyday after “lunch and recess”. The following is the daily schedule (four times a week) and the assignments students have for the next couple weeks.

Horario

1. Práctica de ortografía
2. Ciencias
3. Club de lectores
4. Práctica obra de teatro
5. Juegos/arte/proyectos en espanol
6. Planificadores (I would love for students to record on their planners all their daily work)

• Continue to practice (and hopefully memorize) our school play. (Due date: No due date)

• Club de lectores La llamada de la selva. Read one chapter per week and complete notes. (Due date: students are expected to have read their chapter and have their notes completed by Friday every week).

• Start planning the book club final project that will illustrate understanding of the main ideas of the book. This project is completely open and they can get as creative as they would like. I will be sending more information about this in the next few weeks.(Due date: students will have to submit the final project the first week back in school)

• Ortografia: One list per week. Practice spelling. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of unknown words. (Due date:submit sentences by Friday every week).

• Writing: Develop a piece of writing over the time school is out. Students are welcome to email or share their pieces with me so I can help with editing suggestions (Due date: first week back in school).

• Write maestra Paola or a classmate an email every week.

• Lectura FOSS. Read and/or listen to one science chapter from our science interactive books every week. Students are welcome to read from past investigations to continue to practice their Spanish fluency. (Due date: do reading and answer questions on their science journals by Friday).

• Finish reading their little science black and white books.

• Following the format of previous investigations (think about a focus question), and following the scientific method, develop your own science investigation. Document all stages of your investigation. Share results. Due date: first week back in school.

• Check google classrooms and emails on a regular basis.

• Send pictures of the work you do at home so we can share on our newsletter at the end of the week!

• Please stay connected as I will be keeping you all posted of the development of the organisms we currently have in our classroom.

Students wrote some ideas of meaningful activities they can do every day during their free time. I hope everybody stays busy and most importantly safe. Feel free to reach out should you have any questions or simply to connect and say hi! I will miss you all greatly!

Yes, we saw everything this week! Even snow!

Ciencias

Nutrient Systems :Plant Nutrition and Animal Nutrition

• Chlorophyll is the green pigment that absorbs sunlight in the cells of producer organisms.
• Green plant cells make sugar (nutrients) from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of sunlight, and release oxygen.
• A nutrient is a substance, such as sugar or starch, that is used by  a cell to produce the energy needed to perform the functions of life.
• Plants make their own food by photosynthesis. Animals obtain nutrients by eating other organisms.
• Digestion is the process used by animals to break down complex food items into simple nutrients.

Character Education with Dr. Torres

Feelings Identification and Modification:

Kids can have a tough time knowing how to deal with different feelings in appropriate ways. Understanding and appreciating others’ feelings can be difficult, too. This week’s activities focused on helping students identify and deal appropriately with their feelings and their classmates’ feelings. They participated in a game called, “Guess the Feeling,” in which one student picked a card with a feeling listed on it. They then tried to get the class to guess the feeling by expressing it. This activity helped students both recognize different feelings in oneself and others, and provided an opportunity to discuss moments of misperceptions or mis-cueing of feelings (I.e., trying to express sadness, but others’ interpreting it as anger). We also talked about what makes us feel good and created a “Feel Good Journal” as a coping tool.

This class also worked on identifying and discussing how they’d feel if they were involved in a variety of scenarios provided by the teacher. This included:
-Demonstrating the ability to listen to and appreciate classmates’ opinions and feelings
-Practicing reflecting skills to ensure they truly heard and understood the other’s feeling statements.

Objectives:

Through this lesson, students will:
• Comprehend concepts related
to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
• Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
• Demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health.
• Demonstrate the ability to advocate for personal, family, and community health.