Tuesday

Hi all! Hope you had a wonderful 3 day weekend! :)

Coming Up:
*Students are finishing up their MAP tests.  Once your child is finished, I will send home the score sheets.  If there is anything that I am concerned about I will set up a conference.  Otherwise, we will not need to conference over these scores.
*Vocab. words this week are the content words. We will be working on those this week in class.
*Book Club is this Thursday after school - 3-3:30
*Literacy Letter is DUE TOMORROW!

SS LO: I can explain the regions of Kentucky.
Activity: After doing our research on the computers with the regions of Kentucky, students began to create a poem of "Where I'm From" mystery poem.  Each group got a different region to write about.  We modeled the poem from George Ella Lyon's poem.
No HW

Science LO: I can identify slow changes to the earth's surface.
Activity: Today we just touched on some slow changes to the earth's surface.  We discussed erosion and weathering through Study Jams on the smartboard.
No HW

Reading LO: I can describe the setting in a text.
Activity: We read a short story about an old barn. We compared the barn to a tired person.  Students found different details that described the old barn.  Next, we got into our guided reading groups to read "Saving Larry".  We are not finished yet, but we talked about the characters and the setting.
No HW

Writing LO: I can use modal auxiliaries in my writing.
Activity: Students learned the correct usage of modal auxiliaries in their writing.  They have several tries on the smartboard. Then they worked in pairs to pick the best modal for their sentences.
No HW
*Ask your child what a modal auxillary is.  If they can give you an example let me know in the planner!

Math LO: I can add and subtract unlike denominators.
Activity: Miss Kirk is continuing her lessons on adding/sub. fractions.  Today she showed the kids 'criss cross applesauce' way to add fractions besides finding equivalent fractions.  Next, they used spinners and manipulatives to work out problems.  Some students worked on word problems.
Circle Group: Students learned to work on adding/subtracting unlike fractions.  We are also continuing our multiplication and division with fractions.
HW: fractions sheet, please sign
Circle Group HW: page 142, choose 3 problems to complete, parents please sign