Weekly Newsletter

Science

   This week students have spent a lot of time looking at different aspects of sound.  They researched properties of sound like sonic booms, live music, sonar, echo location and more.  Be sure and ask your child what they researched and taught the class.

   Next week students will be learning about communication waves and how technology has changed what we know about sound.  Friday students will be taking a short quiz over everything they’ve learned about waves. 

Here we are presenting our information on different sound waves:

Writing

      This week students have spent time looking at great examples of research-based opinion writing.  This helped them notice great leads and conclusions.  Students then looked at the rubric to help them think about drafting their own pieces. 

   Next week students will draft their opinion piece on why people should or should not go on the Oregon Trail.  We will spend time discussing how to add voice in a research piece as well.  

Here are some pictures of us reading student examples of editorials and grading them with our rubric:

Math

   This week in math we have spent time comparing, adding fractions and breaking apart.  Students have played lots of games that have helped them realize similarities in fractions. 

   Next week students will be applying what they know about fractions in word problems.  We will also introduce decimals!

Here we are playing "Capture the Fraction":

Reading:

      This week we have spent a lot of time talking about homophones.  These are words that sound the same, but have different spellings and meanings.  We have worked in our interactive notebooks to help us remember differences in these words and when to use which word. 

   Next week we will be finishing our read aloud, The Mighty Miss Malone.  It will be a sad day when we have to say goodbye to these characters! We are going to work on capitalization.  Be sure and ask your child how M.I.N.T. helps them remember what to capitalize.  

Look at how much money we've raised for our service learning project so far!

Walk-A-Thon Tips:

·     Bring a water bottle to fill up

·     Wear tennis shoes and walking/running clothes

·     Bring sunscreen if you need it

·     Bring hat or sunglasses if you’d like

·     It’s St. Patrick’s Day--- WEAR GREEN!

School Reminders:

·        March 12^th- Daylight Savings Time Change J

·        March 14^th- Beulah Math Night 6:00-7:30

·        March 15^th- Spirit Club (grades K-5)

·        March 17^th- Miles for Moms Walk-a-Thon

·        March 22^nd- Jefferson City Field trip

·        March 22^nd- Spirit Club (grades K-5)

·        March 27^th - 31^st - SPRING BREAK

·        April 7^th- Runge Field Trip (more info. to come later)

·        April 12^th- PTA Meeting at 6:30

·        April 18^th- St. Louis Field Trip (more information to come later)

·        April 29^th- Flash’s Big Top Circus (more information to come)

·        May 1^st-May 4^th- MAP testing