Week 8 Update
Hello!
I hope you all had a relaxing weekend! My students were so glad to have so little homework this weekend; I hope you were all able to take advantage of the extra time to have some family fun!
Academic Update:
This week in ELA, we will continue our focus on comparing and contrasting. We will use 2 characters in Robin Hood and some other passages to hone this skill. In grammar, our focus will be on defining and using similes and metaphors and classifying and diagramming possessive pronouns.
In math this week, we will continue studying measurement. We will practice adding and subtracting measurements and learn how to multiply and divide as well. These skills will mirror the skills our students already learned when we studied the operations of fractions.
We will continue our study of hurricanes and then go on to tornadoes, in science this week.
In history we will finish our study of Europe during the Middle Ages. We will learn about Joan of Arc, and the plague that swept through Europe in the 1300s.
I hope you all had a relaxing weekend! My students were so glad to have so little homework this weekend; I hope you were all able to take advantage of the extra time to have some family fun!
Academic Update:
This week in ELA, we will continue our focus on comparing and contrasting. We will use 2 characters in Robin Hood and some other passages to hone this skill. In grammar, our focus will be on defining and using similes and metaphors and classifying and diagramming possessive pronouns.
In math this week, we will continue studying measurement. We will practice adding and subtracting measurements and learn how to multiply and divide as well. These skills will mirror the skills our students already learned when we studied the operations of fractions.
We will continue our study of hurricanes and then go on to tornadoes, in science this week.
In history we will finish our study of Europe during the Middle Ages. We will learn about Joan of Arc, and the plague that swept through Europe in the 1300s.
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Please keep an eye out for an email from our classroom liaisons regarding our end-of-semester Middle Ages/Robin Hood party. It will be Tuesday, December 19. We will be needing lots of volunteers to help with this fun, grade-wide event!
Our classroom will need some clear, 2-liter bottles for a science experiment at the end of the week (to make tornadoes!).
Have a great week!