Tuesday!

2 More Days until the Break!! :)

FYI:
*Tomorrow is wear your favorite Christmas/Holiday outfit! I'm hoping to see some CUTE dressed up kiddos tomorrow!!
*Thursday is PJ Day! And Party day!! Hope to see you all there - 1:30
*Happy Feet (the movie) is rated PG.  It says for rude behavior.  We are only allowed to watch G rated movies unless we have parental consent.  So, we have a note in the planners. Please sign if you are comfortable with us watching this movie.  If you are not, no big deal! Just do not sign or send me in a note.  I will have another option! :) If you'd like to read about the movie, click HERE from CommonSenseMedia.org webpage.  

Literacy Letter's were due today.  Kids have notes in planners if they didn't turn them in today. PLEASE get them to me tomorrow!

No Vocab. this week.  We will start fresh when we get back from the break.

Science LO: I can explain uses for fossil fuels.  I can explain what renewable sources of energy are.
Activity:  Students looked at several different renewable energy sources through an interactive site on the Smartboard.  Then, each student in a group had a different article to read about Hydro Energy, Wind Energy, Fossil Fuels, and Solar Energy.  After they read their articles, the students had to explain to their group about the energy power they read about/its uses/etc.  I ended up finding out a lot of kids didn't know about the Hoover Dam. So, with a few clicks I found a great video from National Archives to play for the kids about the making of Hoover Dam.  I learned so many new things, too. The kids loved it and all took wonderful notes!
No HW

SS:  We ended up talking a lot about the Hoover Dam and how it really helped transform our country with it's irrigation system and all the man-power it took to build the Dam.
No HW

Reading LO: I can explain specific parts that help me understand scientific texts.
Activity: We read about the Gold Rush of 1949.  Students used this article to find specific facts and understand the how and why of the importance of this text.
No HW

Writing LO: I can use progressive verbs in my writing.
We began to read Snowflake Bentley.  We are not finished, but we will be tying in our connections with this story to our own lives and then using a progressive verbs to help us write about the connection we have to Mr. Bentley.
No HW

Math LO: I can analyze patterns.
Activity: Students worked on geometric patterns.  We did some with shapes and some with logic questions.  Then students created their own tessellation patterns.
No HW

RtI Math
Cars & Stars