Reading
In read aloud, we just started a new book called Three Times Lucky. It is about a girl named Mo who is hunting down a murderer. It's not what it sounds like! Mo and her best friend Dale are acting as detectives to find clues and evidence to track down the responsible person. Ok, it is what it sounds like. This book is a Newberry Award winner, and we can't wait to find out what happens next!
In Journeys, we are reading The Earth Dragon Awaits. It is about Chin and his father, Ah Sing, who are stuck in the rubble from the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake. Everything suddenly started to shake and then the tenement started to fall. They go under the table and the ceiling collapsed. They are trapped and have to save themselves!
Writer's Workshop
We are starting to write our final draft of boxes and bulletts. We are brainstorming evidence for each of reasons. Boxes and bullets is a method where we write a thesis statement and support it with three great reasons. We are stretching each of our reasons with evidence. We are also using color coding method to sort our work. We are exctied to finish our final drafts.
Math
In Math, we are together in 4K. We are using tape diagrams and area models (aka candy bars). This candy walks into a bar, and makes a candy bar. (Corny, we know). Then you split it into 3/3 and what is that? Fractions! That's what we're learning about! We are focusing on defining the whole and equivalent fractions.
Science & Social Studies
In Science, we finished electricity and magnetism. Now we are moving on to land and water. In electricity and magnetism, we learned to make a telegraph that can send and receive messages on different sides of the room. We are now learning about the water cycle and the effects it has on planet earth.
In SS, we are learning about the Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, slavery and segregation. We are making timelines from 1600-2017 that focus on important events around these topics. In IL History, we are making current events newspapers from Newsela, and using Pages to put our articles together. We are using our creativity to artistically display our information.