Lessons & Assignments Friday, December 16th

No homework over break!  Have a relaxing break, and a very merry Christmas!

Lessons & Assignments Thursday, December 15th

Math - None - Due to the late start this morning, we only had time to do a reteach page and a problem of the day.

Science - None - We took our chapter 5 test today.

Language Arts - None - We watched the movie Because of Winn Dixie today since we just finished the novel.

Social Studies - None - We did not have social studies today.

Note:  The students do not need to bring their book bags tomorrow 

since we will be going on our Christmas field trip.

Classroom Visitor

Izzy's dad visited our classroom today to tell us all about his job as a farmer.  The kids LOVED hearing about his tractors and crops.

Lessons & Assignments Wednesday, December 14th

Math - 6.1 - We started lesson 6.1 today on identifying equivalent fractions.  In small groups, we did this by using fraction circles, folding papers, and using dice and multiplication.  Students have dry erase fraction strips and markers to help them with tonight's assignment.

Science - None - We finished reading about how humans can impact ecosystems.  We read about natural resources, and watched a Discovery Education video on resources.  Students had to list the resources they observed in the movie in their science journals.  We will take our chapter 5 open book test tomorrow.

Language Arts - None - We finished up our Winn-Dixie anchor charts today, finished our last brochure, and took our final novel assessment.

Social Studies - None - We used our social studies time today to get some extra science done.

Lessons & Assignments Tuesday, December 13th

Math - None - We used our math time today to finish up our social studies tests from yesterday.

Science - None - We started our lesson on how humans impact ecosystems.  We watched a Discovery Education video on erosion and pollution to preview this lesson.

Language Arts - None - We did not have language arts today due to our program practice.

Social Studies - None - We did not have social studies today.

Reminder:  Students need to arrive for the program at 5:45.  

4th grade is meeting in Mr. McCollough's room.

Player of the Week

Izzy is our Player of the Week this week!

Lessons & Assignments Monday, December 12th

Math - None - We started discussing chapter 6 today on fractions.  Students will learn to compare, order, and find equivalent fractions in this chapter.  We reviewed the basics of fractions today while working with magnetic fraction strips and fraction circles.  We also completed the chapter introduction and vocabulary page together in class.

Science - None - We finished learning about different types of ecosystems today, and talked about the different layers of the rainforest ecosystem.  We made rainforest diagrams in our journals.

Language Arts - None - We finished reading Because of Winn-Dixie today.  We continued adding ideas to our anchor charts, worked on our brochures, and responded to quotes from the text.  We also learned 6 new vocabulary words.  We will take a final assessment over this novel on Wednesday.

Social Studies - None - We took our open book unit 2 test today.