What's Happening in Room 30......

Important Announcements:

• We concluded our poetry unit this past week with the students performing poems!  I will share the video this week.  I believe the love of poetry has increased in every student this year!  Each student will receive a copy of our class poetry anthology.  You will really enjoy reading them!

• The students have until Tuesday to complete their ALEKS's 4th grade pie in order to participate in our ALEKS Celebration.  I have several students who are SO close!

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday:  Last Day to complete ALEKS 4th grade pie to participate in                                   ALEKS Celebration.

Thursday:  Strings rehearsal (9:15) and concert at 6:00 at the high school
Monday (5/22):  Gempp Field Trip
Tuesday (5/23):  Olympic Day
Thursday (5/25):  Daniel Boone Field Trip
Friday (5/26):  Our Last Day!! 1/2 Day   

What's Happening in Our Room....
Reading Workshop:

• The students are doing a great job leading book clubs.  They have been deciding on the pages to read and the task to complete as a group.  The students are enjoying their books and discussing them well during group discussions.  They will continue reading their book club book this week.

Writing Workshop:

• The students will be given 6 vocabulary words on Monday and will be tested over them on Friday.  They will work with them throughout the week with a homework activity and making and practicing study cards.

• This week, the students will be given a creative ecosystem, and each student will be responsible for creating an animal with at least 5 different specialized structures to help the animal survive in the new ecosystem.  The students will also write a well-constructed paragraph explaining the animal they created along with the structures.

Math:

• The students will be reviewing during math stations this week.  The students will be introduced to a few 5th grade skills this week as they learn how to add fractions with unlike denominators and introduced to negative numbers.

• The students have until May 16th to complete their 4th grade ALEKS pie to participate in our ALEKS Celebration!  We currently have 9 participants!!

Science:

• See "Writing" for this week's activity.

Social Studies:

• The students will continue to learn about the Civil War.