This is a crazy week that we are about to start. I will be out tomorrow as I need to go to Milwaukee to see my grandfather. He was sick over the weekend and they are saying a number of things are wrong. So, we are going to visit and get complete answers. I will be back Wednesday. Presentation start Wednesday and will continue Thursday. I will set some time aside on Friday as well if we need it. The students have had some questions over the last couple of days so I will try to answer them all at the bottom of this paragraph. I will also attach the two documents that they brought home (guide and directions) to the bottom of the newsletter. They are also located in the Black History Month Newsletter.
Reading: Reading will move as our normal week. I am currently building in the way things worked last week. If it works this week then that will be how the weeks go for the remainder of the year. This week we are covering homonyms and homophones. These are always tricky and a lot of them were tripped up on the pre-test. We will also take a deeper look at compound sentences and how they differ from simple sentences. We will look at dependent and independent clauses and how they work. Our essential question for the week is, "How do people fly?" We started off the lesson talking about the different ways people can fly (plane, jet, hot air balloon, etc) and the reason why people may fly (work, vacation, adventure). They will read a story about the Wright brothers and how they were part of the first batch of people to fly. Writing prompt finally made its way back. Please be sure to encourage them to answer the question in a complete paragraph, but also encourage them to write more if they need too. science: We are finally getting back into our science curriculum. Today we did an exploration using clay soil, foam soil, sandy soil, sandy sand. We compared their appearance and their texture. We discussed if any of the soils would allow you to grow a plant. We then combined two different types together and observed how they mixed. We noticed that the sandy sand overpowered all of the other types of soil. We concluded that because of its fine texture, it was able to slip between the other soil components and stick out more. Tuesday, they will begin their lesson on soil. They will discuss what soil is, the 4 substances that make up soil, the different types of soil, why is soil needed, and a lot more. I am glad the cold weather is almost over so we can begin our unit on plants where we can try to grow some plants of our own. Important Dates:
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