The Week Ahead 2/19-2/22

No School Monday
There will be no school on Monday, 2/18 in observance of Presidents Day.

Math
Next week we will continue working on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. They will be solving story problems. In order to be proficient they will need to show all of their work and create visual representations. We will take a mid unit assessment on Friday, 2/22 to see how we are doing as a class.


Reading
We are going strong in our book groups. Every group has finished at least 1 book so far! Have your child tell you about the book they are reading. Ask they what the problem in the story is.


Idiom of the week: in the doghouse 

How We Organize Ourselves
Students have completed the case study of the Oregon Bottle Bill. Now they will begin brainstorming a problem they see in the world and come up with a law they believe would help solve the problem. Once they have come up with their law, they will write a persuasive paper to convince others why the law should be made.

Wooden Nickel Party
The class has earned another wooden nickel party! They earn wooden nickels for good behavior in all parts of their day. The students decided they wanted to have a electronics hour/board game hour. This will take place on Friday, 2/22 at the end of the day. Your child may bring in an electronic device or board game from home. 


Upcoming Dates  
  • Monday, February 18th - No School - Presidents Day
  • Tuesday, February 19th - Reading Log Due/Vocabulary Test
  • Thursday, February 21st - Field Trip Permission Slips Due
  • Friday, February 22nd - Mid Module Fraction Assessment/Wooden Nickel Party
  • Thursday, February 28th - Tour of State Capitol Building 8:45 - 1:30
  • Monday, March 25th - Friday, March 29th - No School - Spring Break

Popular posts from this blog

The Week Ahead 9/3-9/7

First Week We had a great first week of school! My goals for us were to get to know each other, come to an understanding of classroom agreements and norms, and begin to collect some baseline data on where we are academically. We accomplished these goals and I think we're in for a fun year! Headphones Please have your student bring headphones to school. If you are unable to get headphones for your child, let me know and I'll make sure they are provided. Stay Connected Instagram Follow our class Instagram account at blanc.wstv. Here I'll be posting pictures of what we're up to. Seesaw Another way you can stay connected with our class is Seesaw. You can think of Seesaw as a digital portfolio. This is where your student will share their learning. How to sign up Click on this link:   https://app.seesaw.me/s/819-043-150 Choose your child from the list Create your account Once I approve you, you can see content from your child After you sign up, downloa
Read more

The Week Ahead 3/2-3/6

How We Organize Ourselves Thank you to all of the chaperones who joined us for our field trip to the State Capitol! Hopefully you have had a chance to check out some of the pictures from the trip on our class Instagram account, blanc.wstv. On Friday, our classroom committees presented their classroom bills. There was fierce debate but in the end, only one of the five bills got a majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate and is now a classroom law. Have your student tell you what they think of the new classroom law. Last Monday, I sent you an email letting you know that we will begin teaching our state mandated Erin's Law lessons next Monday, 3/2. In the email I sent a link that included information on the learning outcomes as well as a link to a website with more information. If you review these materials and decide you want your student to opt out of the lessons, please contact the office and they will get you the opt out form. Students that opt out will do
Read more

The Week Ahead 3/9-3/13

Inquiry Next week we'll begin our Where We Are in Place and Time inquiry unit. The central idea of this unit is migration impacts individuals and communities. The lines of inquiry are reasons for migration, ways migration impacts quality of life, and impact on current groups. In the beginning of the unit we'll learn about migration by studying westward expansion, starting with the Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark led Corps of Discovery. Math Students will continue their study of fractions next week. Up to this point our main focus has been working with equivalence and comparing fractions. Two of the big ideas students should grasp are for fractions to be equivalent, the ratio must be kept constant and the greater the denominator, the smaller the pieces. Next week the students will work on adding and subtracting fractions with like denominators. Conferences Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences will take place the first week of April. Please go to
Read more