Spring
was in the air (for a little bit) last week.
It was great to be able to get our energy out during recess. It is crazy to think we hadn't been outside
for recess in a few months. We also had
a lot of fun and were very busy in the classroom!
Songwriters…
In
writing we have been reviewing the different writing genres that we have
learned this year. To be able to apply
our learning, kids paired up into groups to create songs for one genre of writing. There are a lot of talented kids in our
class! We have quite a diverse group of singers, songwriters, composers, and
instrumentalists! J Hopefully this different way of reviewing
writing genres will help kids remember the planning, organization, and ideas
that go into each genre. Tomorrow we
will have a “viewing party” for our song debuts!
Reading Workshop
In
reading we continued to work on comparing two nonfiction texts. We were able to learn more about the West
Region of the United States that we are studying about in social studies
through our reading. We were able to
learn about why people came to California in the 1840’s compared to why people
went there in the 1930’s. We had to do a
lot of thinking, but we determined that there were similarities and
differences.
This
week we will continue to work on comparing two texts with fiction stories. The students will need to read the two texts
at home so that they are ready to talk about the texts in school on
Wednesday. They will be coming home with
a packet of the two stories tomorrow as part of their reading homework.
Math Workshop
Last
week in math we practiced comparing fractions.
We learned many strategies to help us compare fractions. By the end of the week the kids were able to
think about which strategy made the most sense to try out depending on the
problem. It is difficult to have to
stop, think about what the problem is asking, and then determine the strategy
to use, but it was great to see the students putting in this extra effort when
comparing fractions. J
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Mike is building a fence around his yard. He buys 120 feet of fencing. The dimensions of his yard are shown
below. Will Mike have enough fencing
to complete his project? Explain your
answer.
50 ft.
20 ft.
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Is 8 a multiple of
24? Explain your thinking.
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List all of the attributes
of the polygon below that you can think of.
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Compute: 24 x 9
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List all of the factors of 15.
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Write two fractions that are greater than ½ .
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Show where ¾ would be placed
on the number line. Then show where
you would place
 on a number line. Explain
how you know where the fractions belong on the number line.
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There are 25 children in
the floor hockey tournament. Mr. Quinn
needs to make 4 teams. How many
children will be on each team? Explain
how you know.
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Label each angle with the type of angle.
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Compute:
45 x 87
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Divide 233 by 6
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We have also been talking about our Game Plan for beating the MCAS! Our "team", which is also known as Lewis' Paper Shredders, were geared up and ready to go last week with their game faces on! We took our team photos and are going to continue to think about what makes each of us amazing! Do not try to mess with this team!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Lewis
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