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

Important Announcements:

• The students will have a spelling test on Friday and a science test on Thursday.
• The students will have another opportunity to explore and read non-fiction news stories from Newsela.com in class.  Newsela is a great resource for your child to read high-interest leveled articles about things happening around them. Your child has a login and password written on his/her password sheet found in his/her expandable for Newsela. This is another great resource for nightly reading!

Word of the Week: sequence ( things that follow each other in order)  We  put the events in correct sequence as they happened. 

Dates to Remember:  
Monday:   Chess practice @ 3:30    

Tuesday:   Environmental Club @ 3:30
Wednesday:  Science Fair Project Check
Thursday: Choir @ 8:00
                     Mad Science @ 3:30
                     Dine-Out at Fudruckers (PTO Fundraiser)
                                              

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Reading Workshop:

• As we continue studying non-fiction, the students will focus on the different text features found in non-fiction books.  Some features we will focus on are table of contents, indexes, glossaries, tables/charts, timelines and pictures with captions.
• The students will choose a new story form Newsela.com and write a review of the article.

Writer's Workshop:

•  The students will continue to write their informational writing piece as they research their topic.  They are choosing a specific text structure for each chapter they write.
• The students will learn about idioms through the class mentor sentence this week.

Math:

• I am so impressed how quickly the students are grasping fractions!  This week, they will continue to practice simplifying fractions and will learn a few tricks when comparing fractions.  

Science:

• The students will be given a review over electricity on Monday and will be tested on Thursday.  They will also have a day to play with Snap Circuits and online circuit websites.

Investigating Conductors and Insulators

Homework

Reading:
-Read 20 minutes

Math:
-3 ALEKS topics completed by tomorrow
-pages 513-514

Writing:
-Research 1 chapter for your topic

Homework

Reading-

• read 20 minutes 

Math-

• math homework pages 489-495
• facts test Wednesday and Friday 
• 3 ALEKS topics - due Friday

Extra-

• HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!   : )  

Experimenting With Simple Circuit

Our Spelling Bee Champ!!!

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

Important Announcements:

• Congratulations, Jason!!!  Jason won Crestwood's Spelling Bee on Friday!   We are proud of you!!

• The students have chosen their topic for their informational writing piece and will begin researching this week.  They will be responsible for taking notes and researching at home for the next 2 weeks.  The students will practice reading nonfiction material and pulling important information from the text as we practice note-taking skills.

• New spelling words will be given on Monday, and the test will be on 2/5.

Word of the Week: chronological order (from reading)  I wrote about my life in chronological order.

Dates to Remember:  
Monday:   Chess practice @ 3:30    

Tuesday:   Variety Show Practice 
                    Read, Right, Run @ 3:30
Thursday: Choir @ 8:00
                     Mad Science @ 3:30
                    Variety Show Practice @ 6:30-LHS           
Friday:      Variety Show @ 7:00 pm-LHS    

           
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Reading Workshop:

• The students will continue to learn about the 5 basic text structures authors use when writing non-fiction.  They will learn about problem and solution, compare and contrast, cause and effect and chronological order.  The students will then practice identifying the structures with their reading partners this week.

Writer's Workshop:

•  The students will begin researching and taking notes on their chosen topics. 

Math:

• We will begin chapter 8 this week which covers fractions.  The students will begin with reviewing factors, multiples, and prime and composite numbers.  They will learn how to place fractions on a number line and find equivalent fractions.

Science:

• We will continue to study electricity this week.  The students will investigate with batteries, wires and light bulbs as they learn to understand how circuits work.