Our Week In Review

We began our next Interactive Read Aloud this week, and the extreme cold helped us to understand the setting.  This historical fiction book, Snow Treasure by Marie McSwiggan, takes place in Norway during WWII.  Published in 1942, some parents may have read this while in school!  During this adventure story, we will review author's craft, and students will be discussing character's traits and feelings.  Students will also be writing clear, concise summaries, finding essential details for the chapters.This week we used our dog research to plan our essays.  We will continue drafting these over the next week.  We will also celebrate "Dog Day" on Tuesday.  A note about this went home on Thursday.

Book Talks are an important part of our Reader's Workshop, and a great way to practice speaking in front of a group.  Ask your child if he/she has given one to our class.! 

We continued learning about fractions this week, focusing on addition and subtraction of fractions  and mixed numbers with the same denominators.  We will continue this over the next week. Please encourage your child to check the blog for helpful information about the day's lesson.

We shared our Canada travel brochures in a gallery walk this week, and students enjoyed learning even more from their friends' work.  The travel brochures will be displayed in our class, and then sent home.  We will continue to learn about the Northeast Region of the US in the coming week, and in science we will continue our study of plants and animals.