Math workshop: We finish up the week before STAAR with a review of many previously taught concepts. These include: multi-step problem solving, symmetry, elapsed time, multiplication/division, and many, many problems that include a variety of TEKS.
Writing Workshop: Students will work all week to finish their poetry anthologies with a variety of types of poems- acrostic, bio-poem, free verse, cinquain, haiku, rhyming, shape poetry, limericks, etc.
Reading/Daily 5: We will prepare the week before STAAR by reviewing reading terminology/vocabulary that might be on the test, doing a few reading passages, and reviewing our test taking strategies.
Social Studies: This week we will read Texas Studies Weekly, week 23. We will discuss the end of the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, and uniting a country.
Science: We have enjoyed reviewing food chains and food webs. Next week we will learn about adaptations that animals need to survive. We will also discuss adaptations of plants and compare/contrast the life cycle of a butterfly to a plant.
IB Unit of Inquiry: Students enjoyed stepping back into Pompeii with Ms. Spencer this past week and creating their own architectural plans of a home in Pomeii. Next week we’ll read and watch videos about Pompeii and the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Students will write a journal entry in their mythology notebooks as a survivor of the eruption. We’ll also continue reading about the Greek Gods/Goddesses.
Spanish Day was a lot of fun on Tuesday. We learned a lot and participated in many activities. It was so fun to see so many children, like Analisa, dressed up.
Upcoming Dates
May 3-6- Portfolio Picnic
May 9- Math STAAR
May 10- Reading STAAR
May 20- Camp Read a Lot
May 24- Greek God Party
May 25- Carnival (4-7pm)