Reading: We've been focusing on the reread strategy of our expository texts. During Talk Like A Pirate Day, students played a game that had them using context clues to determine what different pirate words meant. We had a good time, matey!
Spelling: Unit 1 Wk 3 games can be found on Spelling City.
Math: Elapsed time and rounding are the focus for the week. Test on Thursday.
Social Studies: This is a transition week between our study of the Southwest and the Northeast. Map skills have been the focus. For Talk Like a Pirate Day, we plotted cities on our own island and located them using latitude and longitude lines.
Science: With early dismissals this week, we are slowly plugging along in Chapter One. This we we've talked about what we can learn from looking at fossils and rock layers.
Spelling: Unit 1 Wk 3 games can be found on Spelling City.
Math: Elapsed time and rounding are the focus for the week. Test on Thursday.
Social Studies: This is a transition week between our study of the Southwest and the Northeast. Map skills have been the focus. For Talk Like a Pirate Day, we plotted cities on our own island and located them using latitude and longitude lines.
Science: With early dismissals this week, we are slowly plugging along in Chapter One. This we we've talked about what we can learn from looking at fossils and rock layers.