We have officially made it through one fourth of the school year! The first quarter ended last Friday. This means beginning Monday we start with a clean slate as we enter into the second marking period. Report cards are completed and you will get those during parent-teacher conferences which begin on Thursday. Conference reminder notes have been sent home. If you have not returned it to school indicating if the time is good for you, please do so by Wednesday. Also, if you need a translator, please indicate that when returning your slips.
There will be no school on Tuesday due to Election Day. Remember to get out there and vote!
We will have our field trip to the Lincoln Park roller skating rink on Wednesday. This is a science field trip where students will learn about the physics and engineering behind roller skates. They will participate in a hands-on science project prior to skating. All field trips are required as they are a learning opportunity outside of the classroom. If there is an issue where you feel your child can’t go, please contact me so we can work something out. There are still many students that have not returned permission slips. Please make sure those are in by Monday. If your child does not attend the trip, they must still be in school and will be placed in another classroom for the day.
Here is what we will be learning this week:
Math: We will be having a short quiz on what we have learned so far in our new Unit. We will then be moving on to understanding how to measure volumes and mass.
Science: We will be finishing up our patterns of motion unit with spinning tops. Students will be getting a study guide on Wednesday after the field trip. There will be a test next week on investigation 2 which focuses on patterns of motion.
Social Studies: We will focus on how Native Americans used, adapted to, and changed their environment.
Reading: We will focus on asking and answering questions in literary text. We are working on answering in complete sentences by restating the question as a statement and citing evidence from the text to explain how we know our answer is correct.
Writing: We will be introducing informational writing by analyzing how good authors write informational text. Students will be noticing things authors do such as using text features, diagrams, table of contents, etc. These will be features that students will be incorporating into their own writing once we choose topics in the weeks to come.