Peek at the Week: March 20-March 24

Dates To Note:

Monday: Fiction Passage Week & New GLOW List

Tuesday: Tornado Drill

Thursday: Fiction Passage Quiz

Friday: Word Study Tests

Math News

     Graphing is our focus this week. We will be looking at several types of graphs, including bar graphs and line plots. Any graph you see at home, talk over with your child. Ask them a new title, or what is on the X axis and Y axis. Your support is so important!

**PVCC is offering a few math event on April 22nd from 1-3:30 pm. It is titled Astronomath, and will include various activities that help build critical thinking and developmental math skills. If you are interested, please register at ASTRONOMATH REGISTRATION

Reading

     Al Capone is moving along nicely. The class is really enjoying the characters and learning about life during the depression through a child's eyes. 

Writing News

     We finished typing our rough drafts last week and we are focused on the editing part of writing. Ask your child what is one structural and one behavioral adaptation of their animal. 

Science

     How is the Animal Project coming along? It is due next Monday so hopefully everyone is working hard on their animal. Please remember, this is your child's project. Support is great, but let them do it!

March 13 - March 17th Peek at the Week

Dates To Note:

Monday: TFK Magazine & New Word Study Lists

Thursday: TFK Quiz

Thursday Night: #BeeHIve Night: Classroom open house from 5:30-6:30. 

Friday: GLOW Tests

WEATHER UPDATE!!

     It is hard to believe, but a possible storm could potentially modify our school attendance this week. I will be posting the Reading and Writing assignments in Google Classroom. For those students that typically ask for paper copies, I will provide those tomorrow. I ask that students work each day that we are out on their assignments. Due dates will remain. 

Math News

     As the quarter begins to wind down, it's important to revisit the skills that have been taught this year. Students will be taking a cumulative assessment the last week of the quarter. We will be working on graphing skills and review up until that day. 

**PVCC is offering a few math event on April 22nd from 1-3:30 pm. It is titled Astronomath, and will include various activities that help build critical thinking and developmental math skills. If you are interested, please register at ASTRONOMATH REGISTRATION

Reading

     We have started Al Capone. The students are doing a fantastic job discussing character traits and point of view. 

Writing News

     We wrapped up our research last week and will begin writing our first drafts of our paper this week.  

Science

     Did you see the at home project for our ecosystems unit? If not, please let me know. I can't wait to see the amazing structures the students bring in to share. 

A Peek at the Week March 6th-March 10th

Dates To Note:

Monday: Fiction Passage Week & New GLOW List

Thursday: Fiction Passage Quiz

Friday: Word Study Tests

Math News

     Continue work on Fraction Computation. Students are slowly beginning to grasp skill, but it is a rough road. Any practice you can do at home would be appreciated!
**PVCC is offering a few math event on April 22nd from 1-3:30 pm. It is titled Astronomath, and will include various activities that help build critical thinking and developmental math skills. If you are interested, please register at ASTRONOMATH REGISTRATION

Reading

     So last week, we got very wrapped up in our Jamestown projects, so I postponed beginning our novel. We will begin this week, I promise. Mrs. Herring's group will also resume. 

Writing News

     We are beginning a HUGE Project on a Virginia animal. Your child will choose and animal to research and then dig into learning about it. This is an "at school" project, and shouldn't need to be done at home. 

Science

     We are beginning our Ecosystem Unit this Monday. This unit will encompass our content time during the month of March. There is a note in the Monday folder that explains the at home project that all students will be expected to do. Let me know if you have any questions. 

Peek at the Week February 27th-March 3rd

Dates To Note:

Monday: TFK Introduction & New Word Study Lists

Wednesday: Yearbook Sales Begin

Thursday: Fire Drill, TFK quiz, Jamestown Assessment

Friday: Variety Show

Math News

     This week we will be focusing on the computation of fractions. This is a very difficult skill because you have to put many things in place before you are able to add or subtract the actual fractions. Please practice this skill with you children at home. 

Reading

     We are beginning a class novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts. It is a story about a young boy during the depression that goes to live on Alcatraz Island because it is the only job his father could get during this awful time. The class has really enjoyed novels about the past and I hope that this book does not disappoint. 

Writing News

     We are finishing up our personal narrative stories this week. It has been extremely interesting to see the class take a piece of writing and expand on its details. I look forward to reading them!

Social Studies

     As requested, the students will be completing their Jamestown unit with projects inside Minecraft to accompany the assessment. I have also provided and alternate assignment for those who do not want to use technology to show what they have learned. 

February 20th- February 24th Peek at the Week!

Dates to Note this Week:

Monday: New GLOW Unit

Thursday: Two Fiction Passage Test

Friday: Word Study Test

Math News

The Geometry Assessment was a challenging one. I will continue to revisit the more difficult areas throughout the remainder of the quarter. We are heading into fraction and decimal computation.

Reading News

We are coming to the end of our book groups within the historical fiction genre. Each group will be making a book trailer for their novel this week. The movies will be posted on their websites by Friday.

Writing News

This week the students will pick a topic they have previously done, and turn it into an essay. The set-up will be the same as our Paragraph of the Week, but instead, they will produce a full 5 paragraph essay.

Social Studies News

We are beginning the second part of your Jamestown unit. This unit goes very quickly and we will be culminating our study with an assessment and a magazine cover project.

February 13th- February 17th A Peek at the Week!

Dates to Note this Week:

Monday: New TFK and Word Study

Tuesday: Valentine’s Day; Optional Card passing out

Wednesday: Jamestown VS.3 Assessment

Thursday: TFK Quiz & Art Print

Friday: GLOW Quiz Units 1-3

Math News

We are wrapping up our Geometry Unit and getting ready to begin Decimal and Fraction Computation. Fraction computation is a very challenging SOL so we will be spending a great deal of time on it!

Reading News

We are coming to the end of our book groups within the historical fiction genre. We will begin a whole class novel, Al Capone Does My Shirts, in a few short weeks.

Writing News

I have made writing a real priority this nine weeks. I see a great deal of growth with our weekly paragraphs. Last week, we began journal writing every day. I set the timer for 10 minutes and the only rule is their pencils must be moving. They can write about anything they choose, as long as words are going on the paper. I am really impressed by how well they did with this! I will keep you posted on how it goes.

Social Studies News

We are set to take our first of two Jamestown Unit tests this Wednesday. A study guide went home last week, and there are lots of foldables and notes your child has to study with. Let me know if you have any questions.