Monday, December 19, 2016

Updates

 Snowflake, Winter, Cold, Icy, ...


Hi All!

We have been very busy these last few weeks.  Here are some things happening in the classroom:

Math- We are finishing unit 3 and have been focusing heavily on fractions.  Students have learned to find equivalent fractions, order and compare fractions, and place fractions on a number line.  We have also discussed the relationship between fractions and decimals and have learned about tenths and hundredths.  We reviewed today and will continue reviewing tomorrow and will have our math test on Wednesday.  Students will bring home their review sheets tomorrow.  After vacation, we will start unit 4 which focuses on multidigit multiplication.

Writing- We started our informational writing unit by brainstorming a list of topics that we felt we were experts on.  From there students thought about subtopics for each of their bigger topics.  We have worked on organizing our facts into paragraphs with headings and have practice stretching our sentences to make them more complex.  We also have worked on writing introductions, conclusions, and adding text features to our writing.  We will continue with informational writing after vacation, but will learn how to research a topic and use our research in our writing.

Reading- We started our unit by identifying characteristics of nonfiction text and then learned about text features and how they help us read and understand informational text. We also have practiced finding the main idea and supporting details.  After vacation we will work on summarizing and text structures- compare/contrast, sequential, description, cause/effect, and problem/solution.  

Social Studies- We are finished with our Vermont history unit and students will be bringing home a coloring book that they made to show some of our state's history.  We will continue learning about Vermont in the spring in our land and economy unit.  After vacation we will be starting our unit on regions of the United States.

Important Dates and Information-

Winter Break- Students have no school from December 23rd -January 2nd.  Students come back to school on Tuesday, January 3rd.

Homework/Spelling this week- Students do not have any spelling or homework this week.  Students are however, encouraged to read each night!

School Celebration- As a school, we filled Oscar to the top and earned a school wide celebration!  Thursday will be PJ/comfy clothes and movie day.  After lunch students will choose to watch one of three movies- Monsters Inc., Brave, or Despicable Me.  There will be movie theater popcorn being served as well.  More information went home today in the MBS Buzz.

Stay warm!
Mrs. Carney



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