Language Arts
We finished the novel Maniac Magee, ending the unit with
writing to the author Jerry Spinelli. We are waiting to see if he responds to all of
our questions (if you would like to read our letters, copies are currently on a
bulletin board inside the office)!
We began our new novel The City of Ember, a
science fiction novel that might or might not take place in the future on
Earth. We are focusing on the main characters, Lina and Doon, making inferences
about them and thinking about the sci-fi genre and comparing their world to ours.
After lunch we enjoyed hearing Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry and just started reading See You in the Cosmos by E. Cheng. Thank you for making this year’s Book Fair a success and for adding to Room 22’s library!
Room 22 finished a personal narrative writing unit. Mentor texts were read (this one being the start of the unit) and students were encouraged to write about such things as: a favorite room, a special object, a turning point moment, a time they learned a lesson, etc. After choosing one to publish, students began the typing and editing process in Google docs.
Math
Room 22 has been busy with adding/subtracting and multiplying/dividing
decimals. We have been using our knowledge of multiplying/dividing whole
numbers and applying that process to decimals.
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| Visual Representation of Square Numbers |
Science
We began a unit on Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System
. We have discussed the sun: a mass of incandescent gas
, the students created a planet booklet, made a scale model of the planets’
distance from the sun, and discussed the life cycle of a star.
Social Studies
Room 22 learned about different theories on how people came
to the Americas, we learned about the first civilizations in the Americas, and
focused on the Native People by region who lived in the United States. Students
have now been assigned a specific tribe and are creating a poster detailing the
tribe.
The postcard race is going well! Keep those cards coming! To
date we need the following states:
Wyoming, one of the Dakotas, Wisconsin, Maryland, Alabama, Mississippi,
and Louisiana!
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| Negative/Positive art with Winoka |
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| Publishing a Personal Narrative |
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| Making Monkey Bread for a pre-Thanksgiving treat. |
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| Watercolor Winter Foxes |
