Monday, December 2, 2019

This Week in Our Classroom...

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you and your family had a wonderful holiday weekend.   Below is a brief overview of what we'll be up to this week in the classroom.

Reading:  Students will continue to study characterization clues and make inferences about a character based on these clues.  Specifically, students will identify a character's actions, dialogue, thoughts, and feelings to make inferences about the character's personality traits.  They will also learn that characters often experience a change or learn a lesson within the plot of a story.  Students will continue to study the characters in Every Living Thing, as well as other short leveled texts.

Writing: Students will compose an opinion piece and support their opinions with evidence from the text this week.  Then, students will publish and post this piece.

Science:  Our class will explore electromagnets and electromagnetism in class this week as we wrap up our final section of the electricity unit.

Math:  Unit 3 will kick off with a review of fraction concepts.  I will review equivalent fractions, mixed numbers, and strategies for comparing fractions with students.

40 Book Challenge:  Check in and reading response #3 are due this Thursday.  Students should have the response posted to their Kidblog account and their book list updated.

Picture Day is Tomorrow, December 3rd