2/21-2/24

Good morning.  An additional note to our weekly update, students will be tie dying shirts for their musical performance in art class.  We will do this on Tuesday, February 28.  Please make sure students wear older clothes they don't mind if a little dye gets on them.  Take a look at what we've been working on this week...

Reading
We wrapped up our historical fiction unit by...

• growing powerful conversations with our book clubs
• identified themes across texts and learned that themes are universal ideas that authors get from real like

Please remember to read 30 minutes nightly!

Writing
In our realistic short story unit we...

• used purposeful and powerful dialogue to reveal more about the characters in our stories
• elaborated upon the characters, setting, and moments
• included transitions in our writing

Math
This week we kicked off our rational numbers unit by...

• learning that the size of the whole matters when dealing with fractions
• the greater the denominator is in the fraction, the smaller the piece is
• when naming the piece (1/2, 1/3), the whole matters

Please practice your multiplication facts nightly!  Students are also assigned Online Practice Buddies.  Although they are optional, they are highly encouraged!

Social Studies
We have taken the time during social studies to prepare for our student led conferences, which start next week!

Upcoming Dates

• 2/28: Firehouse Field Trip
• 2/28: Progress Reports go live
• 3/1: Late Start; 11:05 start
• 3/2 & 3/7: Student-Led Conferences
• 3/2-3/7: Book Fair (school days)
• 3/3: PTO Grand Event from 8:00-9:00
• 3/8: Mrs. Nagy out
• 3/10: Spring Break