Week 20/21 Quarter 3

Reading: Students have still been working on The Tiger Rising and will continue to do so this week. Working on finishing the book and the questions that go along with each chapter. We will still do this in a Daily 3 rotation allowing students to choose between reading, vocabulary, and cursive packets. They get to choose what they do each center as long as they finish all of the required work on time.

4th and 5th Grade Writing: We reviewed verbs with both 4th and 5th Grade. In 4th grade, we will start writing a narrative using the 6 traits of writing steps. We will really focus on introductions and conclusions with this narrative.  In 5th grade, we will compare and contrast two articles on Christopher Columbus.

Projects: We will continue to observe our terrariums, and learn more about the different distributions of water on earth. Students will then start researching gardening tips in Nevada. After their research, they will start putting together a presentation. We will have parents come in to see these presentations the week of the 25th. I will send out an email on exact day and time this coming week. This past week, the students have been learning to use Google Drawings and they have created their own water cycle and parts of a plant. These turned out really good! These will be apart of their presentations.

Just FYI and a reminder for students: There will be a vocabulary quiz on January 27, 2016 on their terrarium projects. Students should have their vocab study organizer in their binders so that they are able to study at home. 

2nd Maverick Trip: I have decided to move the Maverick trip to Thursday, January 28th in the afternoon. This will just work better with our project schedule, as this will be the end of our terrarium project.

Thank you all and I hope you have a Great Weekend :)