GoNoodle

 These are just some fun videos of us using GoNoodle for brain breaks and indoor recess!

October!

Wow! October got away from us, since we are well into November!  I'm sorry for the lack of updates, but we have been learning and growing in exciting ways!  Let me recap what has occurred since last time I posted...

We finished up our nonfiction unit by learning about different text structures with interactive centers.

 We had a pajama day at school! The kids really enjoyed it, and so did the teachers!

 The Fire Department came and taught us ways to be safe.  We appreciate their hard work!

 We had a private show of Janet's Planet where we learned about gravity! 

 We were even used onstage to help with various projects.

BOOKS!

We have been so busy the past 2 weeks becoming authors! We printed our first books ranging from 10-23 pages!! Be looking for those to come home today!

Enjoy your fall break!! See you soon!

Aug 22 - Aug 26

In ELA this week, we worked on different text structures for expository nonfiction.  We were introduced to 5 types: description, compare and contrast, order and sequence, problem and solution, and cause and effect.  We will be working on these types of text structures next week. We also found out that we are getting to write our own expository nonfiction book! Students chose from a variety of science and social studies topics, and then we utilized the library to find references.  Over the next two weeks, we will be working to publish our books!  We blogged our essays that we have been working on over the past week.  The students enjoyed reading what everyone had written about different topics.

Both grades took a writing assessment this week.  We loved being able to show what we've been learning about when it comes to writing essays!


The fifth graders took their science test this week.  Both fourth and fifth began working on social studies.  We talked about defining history and worked on family trees.  Ms. Moore conferred with students about social studies goals.
 

In math, the fourth graders work started variables and equations.  Fifth graders started working on long division.  Both grades are continuously working on multiplication facts.  Please remember that students are responsible for studying their multiplication facts each night for 5 minutes! Knowing the multiplication facts will help students become quicker at figuring out problems.