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Soaking the Soil

We tested different types of soil to see how much water each type can hold and recorded our findings. 

Ideal Bedroom

The students are working on designing their ideal bedroom and finding the area of each object. They might try to persuade you to let their dreams become a reality! :)

Curriculum
Math- We will move into Module 7. We will only focus on the Perimeter part of this module and then return to it at a later date for the Geometry portion. The students will have a quiz over this on Friday. 

Language Arts- We will continue to dig deeper into analyzing texts. Our focus on analyzing texts will help with the TDA (text dependent analysis) that the students will complete for the state test in May. 

Science-We continue studying Soil.

Social Studies- We will begin our unit on Government. 

Big Universe Question

Mrs. Ryan, Media Center Specialist, started posting Big Universe questions on the media center website. Students have a week to answer the question and they have to use books on Big Universe to find the answer. Kami got the first question right and was chosen to receive a free Book Fair book!! Let's see if someone from our class can get the next one right and be picked for the next prize. 

Great job, Kami! 

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Observing Soil

Who knew playing with soil could be so much fun?? The students made some observations about different types of soil this week. 

Book Fair
We will be going to the Book Fair as a class on Tuesday. If you child would like to purchase items from the Book Fair, please send money with them on Tuesday.

Friday Folders
I didn't have any grades to put in the folders, so I didn't send them home. I did pass out basketball tickets to the students who turned in their Read with the Gamecock log so please look for those in your child's binder. 

Talent Show
The 3rd-5th grade Talent Show is Tuesday night at 6:30pm. We have two girls performing, Mari and Eva, and two girls hosting, Delaney and Paige. Good luck!! 

Curriculum
Math- We continue in Module 4 on Multiplication and Area. The students will have a test on Friday.

Language Arts- We will continue discussing Main Idea with the story Penguin Chicks in the reading book, but we will also dig deeper into analyzing texts. Our focus on analyzing texts will help with the TDA (text dependent analysis) that the students will complete for the state test in May. 

Science-We will be studying Soil.

Social Studies- We will wrap up our unit on the American Revolution with a test on Thursday. 

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Father/Daughter Dance
If you are attending the dance tonight, please email me pictures! I would love to see the girls all dressed up!! Hope they have a great time! 

Pet Rocks

LOVED all the pet rocks! Very creative! 

Curriculum
Math- We continue in Module 4 on Multiplication and Area. The students will have a quiz over lessons 5-9 on Wednesday.

Language Arts- We will continue discussing how to find the Main Idea in passages/texts.  We continue writing informative pieces. We will also be completing a District Writing Assessment on Text Dependent Analysis (TDA). 

Science-We will be studying Soil. The students will also be writing an autobiography from their pet rock's point of view. 

Social Studies- We continue discussing the American Revolution and will wrap up with a test on Friday. We will have a Gullah Speaker on Tuesday. 

Mystery Number

Our Mystery Number definitely challenged us today!! The class come up with lots of good questions using math vocabulary and we would have guessed their number correctly, but one of their students answered one of our questions wrong so we had every digit right except the hundreds place! 

We listened to their class share some facts about their school.

Delaney sharing a facts about our school and showing them what it looks like. 

Pet Rocks

I love all the pet rocks!! Very creative! We did a Gallery Walk today so the students could look at all the "art work". I will send pictures of the other pet rocks soon!! 

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Reading Counts

Congrats to Anthony Netti! He earned over 250 points to receive his shirt! Who will be next? 

Survival Kits

For LCEU’s 2nd Service Learning project, we are making Police Officer Survival Kits.  Every day, these men and women put their lives on the line to protect us.  Let’s show them some gratitude! 

3rd graders are asked to bring in Pay Day candy bars (fun size) and Hershey Kisses. 

We will be collecting candy through February 9th. 

Curriculum
Math- We continue in Module 4 on Multiplication and Area. We will also do our first Mystery Number Hangout with a class from another state. We will be a number between 1-1,000 and they will be a number. We have to ask yes/no math questions to determine what number they are and vice versa. Let's hope we do not have any weather issues that will postpone this Hangout! 

Language Arts- We will continue discussing how to find the Main Idea in passages/stories. We continue writing informative pieces. 

Science-We continue studying Rocks and Minerals. Your child will have a test on Thursday. Your child's pet rock is due on  Tuesday, January 30th.  Please remind them to turn in the biography sheet as well as their rock. 

Social Studies- We continue discussing the American Revolution.