This week students will slightly shift their learning focus from understanding fractions and decimals (and their equivalents) to applying the 4 operations to decimals and fractions. Students will test Tuesday on decimals, fractions, and being able to comparing the two. Students are beginning a technology infused unit that integrates their learning from STEM. They will join a google classroom and have to complete several scavenger hunts on websites provided. This will lay the foundation skills needed to research and write biographies that will begin after we return from Spring Break. |  We will begin learning and practicing test taking skills during the month of January. In class, students will be introduced to the RUNNERS strategy. R Read the title and predict U Underline key words in the question N Number the paragraphs N Now read the passage E Enclose key words R Reread the questions S Select the best answer We
are continuing
our
study
of the
American Revolution. As we
are reading,
we
are using
close
reading
strategies
to cite evidence
from
the
text
when
answering
inferencing,
discussion,
and retell
questions. Students
need
to be reading
on
a consistent
basis
outside
of school
to practice
good
Reading habits Students
are rediscovering
our
Nations
Road to Independence. This
week
will
we
focus
on
the
the
timeline
of events
for
Trenton, Valley Forge
and Saratoga. Students
will
be able
to explain
the
Continental Army
face
many
challenges
and defeats
in the
years
following
the
Declaration
of Independence. I will not post an additional homework sheet on our website. Please pull up the class calendar and you will find the homework posted there. It has been requested the classroom homework calendar be updated daily. As has been our procedure all year, the planner is our immediate go to for any questions of homework and then the website calendar is the second credible source. | Informative/Explanatory Writing 5 Square Paragraph During this unit, students will learn how to write informative/explanatory text. By the end of the unit, student will produce a piece that includes transitional words and phrases, develops a topic with facts, provides a concluding statement, will strengthen their writing while planning, revising, and editing, correctly use frequently confused words, use relative pronouns and adverbs, use commas before a conjunction in a compound sentence and will spell grade level words correctly.
Spring Pictures 3/13 MAP Testing 3/15,3/16 Spring Fling 3/16 |
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March Curriculum Update and Reminders