Week of March 25th

Dates to know:

• Sports Day - Wednesday - April 3rd
• Day and Evening Conferences - Wednesday, April 3rd
• Day Conferences - Wednesday, April 10th
• Vacation - Week of April 15th

Writing: 

• Students competed the MCAS long composition test. They were so thrilled to finally have it done. 
• We took a break for the rest of the week to prepare for the MCAS reading test. 

Reading: 

• The goal this week was to complete more than one passage a day to build their stamina for the test. 
• Tuesday - Toys Go Out (Fiction) and Into the Volcano (biography)
• Wednesday - Coaster  History (Non-fiction)
• Thursday - Strongest of All (folktale), Fenway Park (Nonfiction) and The Lantern and the Fan (Folktale)

Math:

• We began our addition and subtraction unit. On Monday, students constructed their own 1,000's book and labeled important landmark numbers. We also practiced reading larger numbers. 
• Students had to use their place value knowledge to locate numbers in their 1,000's book. 
• Students learned a new game called Changing Places. This is where they had to add and subtract multiples of 10's and 100's to locate more numbers in their 1,000's book. 

Social Studies:

• We continued to explore the Ellis Island website.
• We also explored another website that had a timeline of the different trends in immigration and the reasons behind it.