Monday, January 13, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
Happy January!!
Welcome Back!
It’s great to have everyone back! It’s been fun hearing students share stories from their winter vacations. Here are a few updates on what is happening this month…
In math class, we are beginning our fourth module this week! Students will discover that area is the number of square units it takes to cover a shape. They’ll notice that shapes that look different can have the same area, and that given the choice, most of us would rather have a piece of our favorite candy that is 5 square inches versus one that is 5 square centimeters. We will continue exploring area in the coming weeks.
In writing, we began by reflecting on last year and writing some goals/resolutions for the New Year. Ask your child what goals he/she is working toward! After also writing stories from winter break, we will begin taking notes in preparation for our nonfiction books. That will lead to drafting and publishing our nonfiction picture books!
In reading, we will begin by wrapping up our text set on humorous stories & work on identifying story plot elements. Then, we’ll start a genre study on realistic fiction books.
We are continuing our Balancing Forces unit in science with our final focus question: Why does the train change from floating to falling? In this final chapter students will learn about how magnetic forces change in strength based on the distance between objects and will explore if this is also true for gravity.
It is almost winter benchmarking time! Students will be taking Reading & Math MAP tests as well as Fastbridge testing to monitor progress in the next couple of weeks.
Goodbye Shadow...
Our class betta, Shadow, passed away the week before winter break. We have a new fish in our class, and students will vote on a name this week.