Weekly Updates 3/21-3/24

NEWS/EVENTS

• "Art to Remember" Forms are due no later than Wednesday
• There is no school Friday in observance of Good Friday

HOMEWORK:

Monday: Read for 30 minutes, Read and use the blue informational bookmark to mark up "Patriotic Pizza," and answer only the short response question attached, Fractions math HW

Tuesday: Read for 30 minutes, Read and use the blue informational bookmark to mark up "Living in the Clouds," and answer only the short response question attached, 

Wednesday: Read for 30 minutes, Read and use the blue informational bookmark to mark up "How Benny West Learned to be a Painter" answer only the short response questions attached, Fraction Group HW.

Thursday: Read for 30 minutes, Read and use the blue informational bookmark to mark up "Sea Turtles" and answer only the short response question attached (DO NOT DO THE EXTENDED), Fraction Group HW, Elapsed Time Marathon Practice HW.

CURRICULUM

Reading- This week we are exploring texts with unique structures from across a variety of different genres. We are exploring texts that are set up sequentially, showing a cause/effect relationship, as well as compare contrast. We are examining how one part of a text build on another. Students are continuing to mark up and annotate the text using the blue card stock bookmark in their training folders as they read, and use these annotations when revisiting parts of the text later on.

Writing- This week we are learning how to construct an extended response using a checklist to guide our planning. Today we did an inquiry, and explored previous students' examples to find out, "What makes a powerful extended response?" As the week progresses we will practice planning our work and then will shift into writing full responses.

Math- This week math students are exploring strategies to create equivalent fractions, and we are also learning about fractions of a set (as well as other fraction based word problems).

Social Studies: This week as we visit Folk Tale Centers we are learning about the differences between a fable, myth, legend, and fairytale.