I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and fun winter break! It was great to hear so many great stories of the adventures many went on! We hit the ground running on Monday as we dug right in where we left off!
We had our Peer Leaders from Norwell High School spend their last visit with us. We role played some different situations and discussed how to be assertive with our communication when someone is not treating us the way they should. The importance of letting know how their actions make us feel was a great lesson for all! We were lucky to have these leaders with us this year! In reading, we have been working with story elements and concentrating on finding the theme of our stories. We read excerpts and discussed that sometimes there can be more than one theme or lesson learned. We are getting ready to kick off our Picture Book March Madness on Monday. For each day of March we will read one picture book and find the story elements (setting, character, plot, conflict and theme). We have lot of books sharing information about different cultures, this was a ton of fun last year and I can't wait to enjoy some new titles with students this year! Students will be keeping a daily log for each title, the log will come home at the end of the month so you can see the many different titles we read and discussed! We all finished up The War That Saved My Life! Many students are requesting to read the sequel which is a great sign! Next week, partners will be working on creating a game to represent the key characters and events from the story and then we will have some time to play each others' games. In Writing, we kicked off our unit on Opinion/Argument Writing. We discussed the question "Should chocolate milk be served in school". Students read articles from both sides of the argument and watched a few videos. We talked about the importance of looking at the source/author of the article in case we notice any bias. Students are now looking at 4 different topics and will choose one to take through the full process of stating a claim and backing it up with good evidence. Students now realize the importance of not just arguing their side, but looking at the counterargument as well! I can't wait to really dig in next week! Mrs. Fuller, our literacy coordinator, is helping to guide us through this unit. We always love when her expertise is shared with our classroom of writers! In Science, we have looked at the sources of water on Earth and this week we focused on the water cycle. Students have made connections back to our unit on Matter as we talked about water changing from a liquid to a vapor during the evaporation process! We also finished up our discussion about how our landscape can change through fast (ex, earthquake, mudslide) or slow processes (wind erosion, waves, water erosion). Looking forward to digging in to our discussions even more next week! In Math, this week we were all about multiplying fractions and learning how to draw models of the different types of equations. Students learned how to recognize the difference of a whole x fraction compared to a fraction x whole and also did some work with fraction x fraction models! Great job so far! Next week we will be getting into multiplying mixed numbers! Proud of their effort so far! In Social Studies, we are circling back to some work we did earlier this year on the original colonies. Students will be working on a short 90sec commercial to entice new settlers to choose their region. We will be creating and recording our "commercials" to state the case for either the New England, Middle or Southern Colonies. We will be using some new technology, and I am looking forward to what they come up with! Links will be shared on our webpage once final projects are complete! Next Thursday is our Literacy Night from 6:30-7:45! I am hoping to see many students enjoying different read alouds, bringing in gently used books to exchange for new material and participating in the raffles! Please mark your calendars for a fun night! On Monday, during our Community Meeting, we will, as a community be celebrating Read Aloud Day (Dr. Seuss's birthday) by all reading together for 10 minutes. Classroom doors have been decorated, so be sure to take a walk through the school - lots of creativity! On Thursday, students may opt to dress as their favorite storybook character (they can wear to Literacy Night as well!) Have a wonderful weekend! I cannot believe MARCH is here!! Cheers! Maura Important Dates to Remember:
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