Weekly Newsletter

Talk about a busy week!  With gearing up for the Walk-A-Thon, burying ourselves with fractions, decimals, and percents, Makerspace, STEAM Bus, and finishing our read aloud- we have earned our weekend!  I should also mention that we have raised OVER $2000 for our "Miles for Moms" fundraiser!  The service coordinator at First Steps was absolutely blown away when I talked to her.  We are so proud of these kids!

Science

   This week we focused on communication with waves and devices that we use to communicate. 

   Next week we will discuss technology and how it’s changing.  We will also review the unit and take a short quiz.

Writing

   This week we began to publish our editorials on The Oregon Trail.  We discussed adding voice and using precise word choice.  On Friday, we took a break from our editorials and learned how to proper “Thank You” notes to send to those who donated to our service learning project.

   Next week, we will take our opinion writing post-test.  We will watch a video, read articles, and take notes on a certain topic.  Then, students will independently write an essay using a rubric as a guide.  

Math

    This week we focused on word problems with fractions.  Students used what they knew about fractions and percents to answer different problems about pizzaJ.  We also learned a new decimal game and practiced adding decimals.

    Next week, we will focus on changing fractions to decimals.  We will also work on ordering decimals with numbers through the thousandths.

Reading:

    This week we finished our read aloud, Mighty Miss Malone.  Oh, how bittersweet it was to finish!  The kids loved this book and sparked some great discussions in our class.  Our mini-lessons focused on capitalization and using commas and quotation marks in direct speech. 

   Next week, we will focus on commonly misspelled words and keep track of those in our Interactive Notebooks.  We will also read some fun poetry/picture books during read aloud to help us gear up for our next writing unit on poetry!

Here are some fun pics from our Makerspace today!

School Reminders:

·        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

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

·        April 14^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

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

   

Weekly Newsletter

We had a great week at BEU!  We were super busy and had a lot of fun.  We got to begin our Friday with a fun time at MakerSpace!

We also celebrated Dr. Seuss!

Here's a recap of some of the learning that went on in the classroom.

Science   This week we began studying sound waves.  We read about how sound waves work and kids learned about echolocation and the parts of an ear.    Next week we will continue studying sound waves and will focus on how communication happens with waves.

Writing

   This week we continued building more background knowledge of the Oregon Trail.  We gathered lots of information and then held another class debate.  We came up with topic sentences for each of our body paragraphs and wrote 3 supporting details for each.      

   Next week we will study examples of good editorials.  We will write our introductions and conclusions.  At the end of the week, we will discuss adding voice and word choice.  Then, we’ll finally start drafting!

Math

    This week we looked at fractions and how they can be shown on a clock.  This allowed us to look at different equivalent fractions.  We also began adding fractions (even with different denominators).  We capped off the week in math with taking the STAR Test.

    Next week, we will work on ordering fractions.  We’ll learn this by playing a fun game in partners!

Reading

    This week we studied elements of a complete sentence (subject and predicate).  We practiced writing simple sentences and compound sentences.  We also looked at sentence fragments and run-on sentences as well.

   Next week, we will introduce the kids to some MAP prep websites we will begin utilizing during our Daily 5 rotations.  We will also focus on frequently confused words and when to use them.  And of course, we will continue reading our awesome books in reading groups! 

School Reminders:

·        March 7^th- Early Out

·        March 14^th- Beulah Math Night (more info to come)

·        March 17^th- Miles for Moms Walk-a-Thon (1:15-2:30)

·        March 22^nd- Jefferson City Field trip

·        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