Upcoming Dates:
May 10: MAP Reading Assessment
May 11: MAP Math Assessment
May 19: Field Trip to Chicago Children's Theater
May 30: Memorial Day - No School
June 7: Last Day of School
*Italics are repeated from last week's blog.
Writing: We will be continuing our writing unit: "Poetry: Big Thoughts in Small Packages". This unit is all about writing poetry and focusing on line breaks, rhythm, and meaningful phrases. Making sure our words rhyme is completely optional (poetry is so much more than that!).This week we will learn that writers of poems take big thoughts and feelings and then try to zoom in on one small moment that holds that thought or feeling. We will also work on finding topics that contain strong feelings and small moments.
Reading: We will continue with our reading unit: "Series Book Clubs". In this unit, students will work together in small groups to read books in a series. The students will be assigned books at their appropriate reading levels. They will work on comprehension strategies together with their groups. This week we will learn that readers get to know the different people in a character's life and compare them to their own relationships. We will also be switching from character study to studying the author's craft. This includes how the author is able to paint a picture with their words as well as the precise words they use to make descriptions.
Math: We will continue our work with Module 8: "Time, Shapes, and Fractions". We will continue to work on halves, fourths, and thirds. We will also learn to partition circles and rectangles into halves, thirds, and fourths to make equal parts.
Social Studies/Science: We will continue our learning about having a growth mindset all year long. This week we will continue our science unit: "Plants and Insects". We will study the life cycle of mealworms as well as plants. Each student will have their own worm and seed to study and plant in class! This week we will be making plant observations from the seeds we planted last week. We will also start learning about the life cycle of a mealworm! We have also learned some new states on our US maps: Kentucky and Tennessee.