Science
We
continued learning about waves this week.
Kids learned about how the further away a wave gets from its energy
source, the more the amplitude decreases.
Next
week we will begin studying sound waves!
Writing
This
week we continued to learn more about “Research-Based Editorials.” We compared different essays and even held
class debates to get us in the persuasive spirit. We built background knowledge about the
Oregon Trail since our next persuasive essay will involve researching the
Westward Expansion.
Next week, we will continue learning more
about the Oregon Trail in order to start deciding what position kids will take
on whether or not they would travel on the Oregon Trail. We will participate in another class debate
and start planning our essays.
Math
We are continuing to plug away on our
fraction unit. I am super impressed with
how hard the kids are working on this unit- it’s tricky stuff! We spent a lot of time studying the
relationship between percents and fractions.
We found equivalent fractions and ordered landmark fractions.
Next week, we will start relating fractions
to a clock. We will also start working
on adding fractions.
Reading:
This week we started back up with our Daily
Interactive Grammar Notebooks. We spent
time reviewing the different parts of speech and even got to play Jeopardy
during reading! Kids learned about
progressive tense verbs as we added to our Interactive Notebooks.
Next week, we will focus on elements of
complete sentences. We will also focus
on fragment and run-on sentences. We
will be continuing our read aloud, The Mighty Miss Malone. The kids are loving this book!
School Reminders:
·
March 2nd- Dr. Seuss
Dress Up Day
·
March 7th- Early Out
·
March 14th- Beulah Math
Night
·
March 17th- Miles for
Moms Walk-a-Thon (4th grade service project)
·
March 22nd- Jefferson
City Field trip
·
March 27th - 31st
- SPRING BREAK
·
April 7th- Runge Field
Trip (more info. to come later)
·
April 12th- PTA Meeting
at 6:30
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