The Week Ahead 3/20-3/24


Inquiry
We finished the voting on our classroom bills. Two of the five bills passed both the Senate and House of Representatives and have now become classroom laws. The culminating activity in our study of values and their affect on leadership, will involve the students researching a historical bills and telling the story of the bill through a cartoon. This was modeled to the students as we studied the Oregon Bottle Bill together. Now they get to choose a bill that interests them and tell its story. Ask your student which historical bill they want to research.  

Math
Students will be coming home on Monday with their end of fractions module assessment. There was an email sent out last week explaining why this assessment looks different than previous math assessments. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns after looking over the test of your student. Our next math unit will cover metric units. This is a short unit that only covers 5 lessons. In order to prepare students for this unit, their vocabulary terms for the week are metric words. Check in with your student and see if they are prepared for their vocabulary test this coming Tuesday.

Reading
Next week we will work on making inferences in the texts we are reading. The main strategy we'll use involves using text clues and background knowledge to make an inference. For example, a student should be able to develop an inference by using the sentences starters It says... I know... So I think...

Idiom of the week: Close to the vest

Field Trip
Tuesday, 3/21 will be our field trip to Commonwealth Lake Park. We will be leaving the school after lunch at 12:30 and we expect to return close to 2. It's not too late to decide you would like to join us for the short trip. Chaperones will be providing their own transportation to the park and meeting us there at 12:45. Let me know if you are interested in partaking in the fun.

Report Cards 
Second trimester report cards will be coming home with students on Friday, 3/24. Please sign the envelope and send it back to school with your student when they return from Spring Break.
 

Upcoming Dates
  • Tuesday, March 21st - Commonwealth Lake Field Trip - Reading logs Due/Vocab Test
  • Thursday, March 23rd - West TV Science Fair - 5:30-7:30
  • Friday, March 24th - Report Cards Sent Home
  • Week of March 27th-31st - No School - Spring Break

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