Mrs. Perkins’ ELA students are using the writing process to write their own personal narratives. The steps in the writing process are planning, writing, revising, rewriting, and editing. The writers in class have been sharing their draft pieces with each other to help one another become a better writer. Mrs. Perkins has been teaching her students how to revise and rewrite the sentences that make up their personal narrative. Her students are learning how to become stronger writers through the strategies she teaches. The next writing unit will be research. Each student will write a research paper about an explorer.
In social studies, students are studying explorers and exploration of the New World (Americas). We just finished learning about Africa, its people, and their interesting culture.
In reading class, students read a realistic fiction book. They completed a book project focusing on characters, setting, summarizing, and writing a recommendation of the book to a person of their choice. Mrs. Perkins’ students will be reading a fantasy book for their next reading project. Each project is different and focuses on different state standards. Reading a variety of different genre books is important.
In math we have been learning long division. We have begun to divide 3 and 4 digit dividends by 2 digit divisors. We also continue to work on problem solving skills weekly as well as mental math skills. Later this week we will begin work on the order of operations...PEMDAS.
In science we are just finishing a unit on Earth and Space science. We have used several modalities to uncover this unit question: "Why do we see different stars at different times of the year?" To discover this answer we have created several different models of the Earth, space, and the constellations we can observe. We have also read resource books to uncover this answer as well as using our Chromebooks to study a simulation created by Amplify science. Next we will begin to look at a unit on Matter...Modeling Matter.
Before going out on Thanksgiving break Mr. Sinn's class had a "Flannel Day" for the homeroom students. We all wore our flannel clothing and brought in comfort snacks to enjoy for the day. We had a lot of fun this day working on Thanksgiving themed activities in math and science while being comfy in our flannel clothing!!
