Important Dates:
- May 15th and 16th - Math MCAS
- May 22nd - Field Day (rain date is June 5th)
- May 24th - Field Trip to the Museum of Science in Boston
- Band Concert - June 3rd from 7:00 - 8:00pm (students need to arrive to the HS Auditorium at 6:15pm)
- Recorder Concert - June 17th - 9:00 - 9:45am
Reading
- Students finished reading Hate that Cat and met in book clubs to discuss what the book.
- The class continued with poetry workshop. Some of the activities were responding to poetry, copying poetry they enjoyed, using poems to write inspired poems and to go on a poetry hunt for writing strategies.
Writing
- Students finished drafting their personification poems.
- Students learned how to write poetry in fragments to help shorten their lines.
- They learned how repetition enhances a poem and wrote their own poetry with repetition.
- The class loved learning about onomatopoeia and used some exciting sound words to craft poems.
Math- We practiced solving two by two digit multiplication using the visual models of arrays to help.
- Once students mastered two by two digit multiplication, we worked on solving three by one digits and four by one digit multiplication.
- We worked on writing story problems and developing other strategies for solving multiplication problems.
- We reviewed many concepts for the MCAS test such as math vocabulary, balanced equations and decimals and fractions.
Social Studies- Students did a nice job presenting their immigration scripts. It was amazing to see the final projects come together!
- Students had time to put the final touches on their Washington D.C. posters. They also presented the posters to the class.
- We began working on our next mini-unit for social studies, which is branches of government. Students watched a video about the branches of government. Then we looked at the roles and responsibilities of the executive branch using the website called Ben's Guide.
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