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Spring Pictures

Monday are spring pictures for in-person and virtual students. Virtual students can come in between 1-2 pm to get their picture taken. No appointment is necessary! 

Comic Club with Dav Pilkey

The students enjoyed listening to Dav Pilkey discuss how he creates some of his characters in his books. We created a funny story (like a Mad Lib) that some students are making a comic about. We will vote on the comic that will represent our class in a contest to possibly win some classroom books. I look forward to seeing the great comics some of the students create!

 Curriculum

Math-  We will wrap up Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison with a test on Thursday.  Your child's Fractional Autobiography is due on Wednesday. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We continue our focus on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms, similes) In writing, we will wrap up our work with literary analysis and move into nonfiction writing. 

Science- We will wrap up natural resources with a quiz on Thursday.

Social Studies- We will not focus on social studies next week. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

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Asynchronous E-Learning

Thursday and Friday of next week will be asynchronous work days for the students. Their independent work will be posted in Google Classroom. I will discuss this with them on Wednesday. My office hours will be from 9am-11am on Thursday and 8am-10am on Friday. I will available to answer questions via email or phone during those times. 

ELA Escape Room

They all escaped!! The class enjoyed working in teams to escape an ELA virtual escape room that focused on comprehending nonfiction passages. Check out the pictures below...

College Colors Days Image

Curriculum

Math-  We are in Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison. We will have a graded assignment on Wednesday.  If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will wrap up our focus on the text structure of problem and solution with a quiz on Tuesday. We will start focusing on figurative language (metaphors, personification, idioms)  In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will focus on natural resources in science. 

Social Studies- We will not focus on social studies next week. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

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Lucky Gator Contest

Feeling lucky?? Check out the Communigator to find out how to win a basket full of goodies!

Important Reading Counts Dates:

Next Prize Date: March 29, 2021

Last Date to earn points for the month of March:

March 25th, 2021

Reading Counts Award Dates for the rest of 2021:

March 29th

April 30th

May 21st (Last Day to earn points)

*May 21st will allow time for medals/trophies to be prepared.

Curriculum

Math-  We will wrap up Chapter 10:Understand Fractions with a test on Wednesday. We will start Chapter 11: Understand Fraction Equivalence and Comparison.  If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will focus on the text structure of problem and solution. In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will not focus on science next week.  

Social Studies- We will focus on different regions around the world and in the United States. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.  

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Read Across America

We celebrated Read Across America this week with different read alouds/interviews from community members in different career fields. The students made a vision board and watched a magician to celebrate the week. 

Famous African American One-Pagers

The class worked on a famous African American one pager last week. They researched someone that interested them and presented the information on one page (Google Slide). One pagers are an AVID strategy. Below is Catie's one pager...

Curriculum

Math-  We will continue with Chapter 10:Understand Fractions. If you would like to know more about what your child will be learning in this chapter check out the Family Letter. Please encourage your child to practice their multiplication facts. They can use flashcards the following website: Math Trainer. 

ELA-  We will finish up focusing on author's purpose (persuade, inform, entertain) with a quiz on Tuesday or Wednesday.  In writing, we continue working on literary analysis. This type of writing also involves reading since we will be analyzing texts. 

Science- We will not focus on science next week.  

Social Studies- The students are working on a research assignment where they are learning about the different cultures around the world.

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.