Wednesday, February 12th

It's snow day number two and I hope you are all warm and safe.  School will be out tomorrow, Thursday, February 13th.  

Have you been working on you school work here and there?  Be sure to pace yourself and spend 20-30 minutes each day working on your assignments.  

Here are some pictures from my house today:

 We have some precipitation on the ground?  What precipitation do you see?

What caused this type of precipitation to fall?

What phase(s) of matter do you see?  Why is the water in that state?  How can it change states?

What state do we need our water to change to in order to return to school? :)

Stay safe, warm, and have a little fun!  I hope to see you soon!!

Tuesday, February 11th

I hope you have enjoyed your day off today.  Don't forget to pace yourself when doing your homework this week.  When we come back to school, please bring all of the work back with you.

Don't forget to visit xtramath.org for practice with math facts.  You can also visit the compass learning site for some other practice.  Go to the website https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/
The login is your lunch number, password is go.  Don't forget to set the city to decatur.

Don't forget to have fun while you're out and stay safe!  I hope to see you soon!

Monday, February 10th

What a busy and productive day!  Students worked hard in math, worked on a crossword for cloud review and worked to create a branches of government presentation in social studies.  Ask your child ot tell you more!

Homework:  Students were given several homework assignments today.  These assignments are not intended to be completed tonight.  They were given in advance in case of school cancellations this upcoming week.  No cancellations have been announced at this time.  Please check e-mail, Facebook, and news alerts for updates regarding the developing weather situation and school closures.  Students should keep all of the assigned work in their agendas and bring it to school each day.

I am hoping to see everyone here tomorrow!

Students received a class list in the red folders today.  This is for use if you wish to send Valentines in for the class.  This is completely optional.  If you choose to participate, please send in enough for each student in our class.  We have 27 total students.

Thank you!!

Thursday, February 6th

Another great day hear at FAVE!  Students enjoyed monitoring and discussing some data from our weather instruments.  We collected them today, and some students will be bringing them home.  Thank you for your assistance with this project.

Students worked to sort characteristics, people, and responsibilities of the branches of government.  We will be looking deeper into checks and balances and how a bill becomes a law.

Students were given response questions to compare two poems today.  They dissected figurative language and utilized schema to answer questions.  Ask your child to tell you more.

Tomorrow we will be taking a quiz over the Articles of Confederation.  Students should utilize the reading activity that was sent home yesterday to study.  Students will also go to their explorations at the end of the day tomorrow.  I know that they are very excited about going!

Homework:  Study for Social studies quiz using last night's homework, spelling

Wednesday, February 5th

Congratulations to Parker C!!!  She is our class elected Superstar of the Month for January!

Students were excited to head to the Science lab this morning.  Ask them about making a cloud in a jar and why lighting the paper on fire assisted in this process.

We looked at our drafts today and discussed key questions that nonfiction writers ask themselves when revising their endings.  Students narratives are coming along and should be published by the end of the week.

Homework: Social Studies reading activity (due Friday)

Tuesday, February 4th

Another great day is in the books!  Students were very excited to put their weather instruments to work today.  While we only placed them outside today, we will be monitoring their data tomorrow and throughout the week.

As we continue looking at the Constitution, students have been reading and studying the preamble and Bill of Rights.  Students looked at important amendments today and worked to describe how those amendments describe the rights and responsibilities of United States Citizens.

We continued looking at poetry today.  Students looked at elements of poetry and worked to create a book with examples of simile, hyperbole, alliteration, metaphor, onomatopoeia, and personification.  Ask your child to give you an example!

We are also working on drafting our narratives.  Students are getting close to wrapping up their drafts and moving to the revising and editing phase of the writing process.

Don't forget that tomorrow is Walk and Roll to school!
See you in the morning!

Homework: Read for 30 minutes, Math workbook page 137 - do not tear it out.

Monday, February 3rd

How nice it is to be back today!  After some unexpected time off, it felt great to be back with the class.  We started our day working on ordering decimals.  Students are encouraged to utilize what they know about place value and our base ten number system to order decimals from least to greatest.  Ask your child to tell you about their sorting activity.

We enjoyed our second cultural arts performance today.  We had a wonderful story teller who exposed us to several fables and myths.  He did a great job of including the audience and embarrassing a few of our teachers.  Ask your child to tell you more!

We dove deeper into poetry today, examining figurative language, meter, rhythm, rhyme, and over all theme.  Students discovered that poetry can vary greatly and is left to interpretation.

Thank you to those who brought their science projects in today.  Please bring them tomorrow.

We have rescheduled our explorations from last week to this coming Friday.  Students will be going to the exploration that they signed up for on Tuesday of last week.

Looking ahead:  We have a busy couple of weeks ahead of us as we work to complete our standards for term 4 in a shortened amount of time.  It is important that students are at school on time every day.  Thank you so much for your assistance!

Stay tuned for more information regarding a Wax History Museum for Black History month.  Information will be coming home very soon.

Homework: Read for 30 minutes, spelling