This week in Language Arts, we took a pause from our regular packets to work on our storytelling and using our spelling words in complete sentences. We're still getting the hang of structuring our own tales in a way that makes sense, and is legible, so this was a good sort of "break" for us. The other reason we took a pause from our usual packet work is because we were completeing our Black History Month portfolios! Considering that a large amount of the project involved reading, analyzing, and writing, it still served our ELA needs just fine. Even something as seemingly simple as copying a passage onto our line paper, requires a great deal of focus. Did we skip words? Are the paragraphs floating? Did we capitalize letters in places they shouldn't be? We fine tuned all of these skills and more through the completion of our BHM project!

This week in Math, we continued practicing our timestables! The goal is to develop as much fluidity as possible, so that working our equations becomes that much easier. We've also begun practicing simple multiplication word problems to assist with the retention of our timestable facts through practical application. As a class we're improving on our word problem decoding abilities overall as well! We are building that confidence and resilience to sit with a problem, make as much sense of it as we can, and then try. That willingness to engage process has resulted in us needing less help from Mr. Josh and Rashawn, because the act of trying has shown us we're more capable than we knew. This week, we also continued our long division practice. it can be a bit tricky to trust the formula, but we are working to remember that formulas are like maps- as long as you follow them, you will get exactly where you're trying to go (long as you're not Columbus, ayyooo!).