3.25.22

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• Community Building
• Ms. Bird's monthly visit: conflict resolution
• Women's History Month: Malala Yousafzai, Queen Mary, Sheryl Sandberg, & Michelle Obama
• Literacy
• Reading
• Began new read aloud: Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry
• Patriots vs. Loyalists Group Debates
• Presented to 5th Grade Class
• Writing
• Began 2nd Informational Book
• Chose new Revolutionary War Subtopic
• Word Study
• Started List #10
• Open sort, closed sort, & rainbow writing
• Math
• Number Corner
• Finding equivalent fractions on a clock
• 10ths and 100ths Equivalent fraction game Teacher vs. Student (Don't Break 3.00)
• Using repeated addition to solve multiplication fraction story problems
• Using square tiles to represent this month's calendar pattern (function machine)
• Continued the great fraction race
• Constant Difference Subtraction Strategy
• Learned the Standard Algorithm for Subtraction
• Place Value & Addition Checkpoint
• Subtraction Strategies Work Sample
• Add, Round, & Compare Work Station game
• Social Studies
• Finished our 50 States Projects 
• We will be presenting these in small groups on Monday!
• 50 Nifty United States Song
• We will be presenting this along with fun facts about the states we have been researching at next week's Friday gathering!

Important Information

• Trimester 3 began this week!
• Report cards will be e-mailed today
• Field Trip next Wednesday, March 30th
• Salt River Bay National Historic Park & Ecological Preserve
• We will depart campus at 9am and return at 11:30am
• You are welcome to stick around next Friday morning for our 4th Grade Friday Gathering presentation!
• Please try your best to have your child bring a REUSABLE water bottle to school - it is good for the environment and the kids are more responsible for them over the plastic ones. We keep finding plastic ones left all around the cubbies and on the ground. Thank you!

This Week In Photos (TWIP) 

3.10.22

 Ask Your Child About

• Community Building
• VI History Month
• Equality vs. Equity
• Literacy
• Reading
• Character Analysis for Zane and the Hurricane
• Reading Different Perspectives of Revolutionary War Events
• Writing
• Publishing Party for pre-Revolutionary War Subtopics
• See Photos Below!
• Word Study
• Spelling Assessment #9
• "I Have, Who Has" game: parts of speech and synonyms
• Math
• Number Corner
• Clock Fractions
• Decimal Grid Scavenger Hunt
• Great Fraction Race Game
• Identified the Function Rule for Our March Calendar Grid (3x+1 then 2x+5)
  
• Reviewed Addition Strategies
• Standard Algorithm, Give & Take, Number Line, Expanded Form, & Splitting Strategy
• Subtraction Strategies Using a Number Line
• Finding the Difference vs. Removal (Taking Away)
• Target One-Thousand Work Station Game
• Social Studies
• Continued 50 States Projects
• 50 Nifty United States Song (sending home lyrics to practice over break!)
  

Important Information

• Please try your best to have your child bring a REUSABLE water bottle to school - it is good for the environment and the kids are more responsible for them over the plastic ones. We keep finding plastic ones left all around the cubbies and on the ground. Thank you!
• Trimester 2 Ends Today (Thursday, March 10th)
• Report Cards are scheduled to go home Friday, March 25th
• Spring Break!
• No school for students Friday March 11th through Sunday March 20th
• School resumes Monday, March 21st (start of Trimester 3)
• Scholastic Book Orders Due Friday, March 25th 
• Flyer Sent Home - Class Code: RHQ9B
• Upcoming Field Trip (Wednesday, March 30th)
• Salt River Bay National Historic Park & Ecological Preserve
• We will send home the permission slip with additional information on Monday, March 21st

This Week In Photos (TWIP) 

3.4.22 (Happy Birthday Ms. Bishop!)

 Ask Your Child About

• Community Building
• Field Trip
• Frederiksted Walking Tour & Midre Cummings Park Visit
• Leap Year Discussion
• 100th Day of School
• Human Machine Game
• Writing Group Stories
• Visited the Science Fair
• Literacy
• Reading
• Finished read aloud, Zane and the Hurricane, by Rodman Philbrick
• Taught their peers about their pre-American Revolution subtopic
• Started research on significant battles of the American Revolution
• Writing
• Began final chapter (essay) on the importance of their subtopic
• Used the informational checklist to revise drafts of their books
• Word Study
• Speed sort, rainbow writing, & word search for their 9th spelling list
• Math
• Number Corner
• Started March Calendar Grid (function machine) and Collection (great fraction race)
• Created a class Millions grid
• Give and Take strategy to add larger numbers 
• Standard Algorithm for Addition
• Final tri2 checkpoint: geometry & measurement
• Social Studies
• Started 50 States Project
• 50 Nifty United States Song
  

Important Information

• Trimester 2 Ends Thursday, March 10th
• Spring Break
• No school for students Friday March 11th through Sunday March 20th
• School resumes Monday, March 21st (start of Trimester 3)

This Week In Photos (TWIP) - Be sure to also see our last blog post and Instagram posts from our Field Trip!

Field Trip!

What a fun day! From the Frederiksted walking tour to lunch and play time at our new community park, the kids (and adults) had a wonderful day of learning and community building. Special thanks to our chaperones and tour guide!