Our Week In Review

It was another busy week in room 24, filled with performances and projects!  The children handled the project and test preparation wonderfully!  On Wednesday we were joined by a former Kennedy school student, Miss Kinney.  She is studying to become a teacher, and enjoyed her day with us.  Miss Kinney even had Mrs. Merten in fourth grade!  She was a good sport wearing the Medusa wig!


The students' Washington, D.C. booklets came out beautifully! We enjoyed looking at one another's work and complimenting each other.

We wrapped up our Mythology unit this week. We learned a few more allusions (Trojan Horse was one), and then we performed Greek plays with students from Mrs. Williams' room!  What a great way to wrap up our unit, and to practice our public speaking!  Thanks to Mrs. Bodkins for bringing in this fabulous Medusa Hat!

In math we wrapped up our study of fractions and decimals with some group problem solving.  The children did a great job on their test today!  We will begin our next math unit (Measurement) on Monday, and will start our new math groups on Tuesday. This unit will wrap up with a really fun, whole grade event!

In science we finished up our study of wind and clouds.  We created cloud diagrams to help us understand the different types of clouds.

We are ALMOST finished with our weather unit!  We will learn about storms and wild weather and about the jet stream. In a few weeks, we will have a meteorologist visit us to discuss her career.  You may have seen her on channel 4 news!

Next week we will begin our next interactive read aloud.  The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate is always a favorite!

Our Week In Review

We have been working hard in room 24, and we enjoyed a great week!

During reading, we have continued to read myths, and to discuss allusions in mythology.The students have enjoyed this!  This week we will learn about the structure of plays, then read and perform myth plays with Mrs. Williams' class.

On Wednesday we celebrated Read Across America Day!  Do you see some of your favorite book characters?

Annabeth Chase (Percy Jackson Series), Katniss Everdeen (Hunger Games Series), and Hermione Granger (Harry Potter Series)

Harry Potter Characters and their Teachers

Harry Potter Characters

Fourth and Fifth Graders Dress Up for Read Across America Day

Fourth and Fifth Grade Dr. Seuss Characters (along with Mrs. Adams and Miss Farrell)

Our Favorite Dr. Seuss Characters

Ron Weasley and Harry Potter

Cody 

Katie Kazoo and Cleopatra

Our essays will be finished on Monday!  Once these have been finished, we will be working on writing in response to reading this week.  In the next few weeks we will begin to write non-fiction pieces.

We have made the connection between fractions and decimals, and although this is a new subject, the students are working really hard!  We will have an assessment on 3/11. A study guide will be sent home.

Students have done a great job with researching Washington, D.C. monuments!  We have practiced reading a bit of text and pulling out the important facts in our own words.  Students spent 2 afternoons researching in books, and 2 using the websites from our blog. (Sites can be found under curriculum links).  Everyone has started a "Sources Used" page, which can be found in their Google folder. Students have to finish researching if necessary, and finish the rest of the project at home.

Here we are using books to research in teams ~

We continue to learn about wind and clouds in science.

On Fridays, we wrap up our week with an end of week meeting.  During our time, we share our feelings about the week.  This week, we shared our "high" of the week and created this web.  This time in our week is used to celebrate our successes.  Your child can share more about this time.

From the Teacher's Desk
Our third term wraps up this week.  As part of our term wrap up, I invite parents to share their feelings about their child using this survey.  Thank you!

Review Games- Decimals and Fractions

• Fractions to Decimals Game (Great to practice easy conversions)
• Place Value Hockey (includes decimal place value)
• Adding Decimals
• Adding Fractions
• Fractions and Decimals on a Number Line (choose the fractions and decimals option)

Mythic Warriors - Daedalus and Icarus

Wind Video- Bill Nye the Science Guy

Here is the link to the Bill Nye video about Wind.  The video will help to illustrate the concepts we learned in school.

Mythic Warriors- Pandora

Author Alert!

Ursula Vernon, author of Hamster Princess and Dragon Breath will be at An Unlikely Story in Plainville on March 17th.  This event requires tickets (though they are free).  If you are interested in getting more information, you can find it here.

Breakout Homework

Remember the Breakout we did in December?  The creators of Breakout have come up with a really fun challenge.  You can find the details of the challenge here.  The first person to get the correct answer and enter it in the BreakouEDU site wins a Breakout box! I have included the basics below.

Answer the questions in our comments. Try to challenge yourself ~ 

• Ages 12 or younger: Name the countries that utilize the currency shown in both images?
• 13-15:  If you took all this money to the bank today (2/29/2016,  8 AM Pacific Time) how much money in U.S. Dollars, would you have?