What a great day!
News to Note
WSTAR is due tomorrow. There is a paper that parents must sign that outlines expectations. As well as a letter written by the student that explains why the teacher should pick them to represent the school on the morning news.
ISTEP starts on Monday. Hopefully you received the pink paper outlining the times of testing. I am still looking for a couple of parents to help donate snacks. We want the kids to focus on testing and not on being hungry.
Language Arts
We had a great day today. We reviewed grammar and vocabulary. We also re-read our story. Tomorrow we have tests over the story, complex sentences, spelling, and character development.
The best part of the language arts class today was our sentence game. We worked hard to write the most creative and imaginative sentences. We then read the sentences and the person with the most creative sentence won points for their team. The teams ended up tied and the sentences were amazing.
Fluency and Flow is due tomorrow. Don't forget to record your reading minutes. There is an example of the cereal box project in the office. Just ask Cheryl or Barb to see it.
Math
We reviewed place value, math facts, and patterns. We took a quiz over place value, adding and subtracting with decimals, and problem solving. Today we learned about mean (average) and reviewed other landmarks of data. (median, mode, maximum, minimum, and range) We also started gathering reaction time data for our lesson tomorrow.
Homework: With the help of a family member or friend, complete page 39 in Journal 1
Science
Today we discovered that magnetic force gets weaker as the magnets mover farther apart. We also had a student demonstrate electric circuits for us. There is no homework tonight. Tomorrow we will use iron objects, iron filings, and compasses to detect hidden magnets.
Homework: There will be an open note quiz on Monday regarding magnets.
