Grandparents day was a success! It was nice meeting all of them. Some of them had wonderful stories to tell and it was good to see the students comparing school now to school back in the day. Spring break is officially upon us. I can tell that we're all excited and ready as everyone is wiggly. Over the break they will have a math packet and a reading log.
Math: This week we moved into one of our smaller topics, which is on polygons and their attributes. They are learning what quadrilaterals are and how they are alike/different. They are learning how although the shapes are all quadrilaterals, they all stand alone/apart as well. For example, a trapezoid and a rectangle are both quadrilaterals, however a trapezoid only has 1 pair of parallel lines instead of 2. They are also learning about triangles and right angles. The topic is only 3 lessons, so we will take a small quiz Friday after we play a math game on everything that we've talked about (multiplication, division, fractions, area, and polygons). I am aiming to make this week relaxing and fun as it is our last time together before spring break. Reading: This week is another smaller review week with the addition of newer things. We are spending some more time on characters point of view, but we are also learning how to compose their own point of view. This makes for great discussions as we can then compare the different point of views. We are also are reviewing realistic fiction, which they like because it allows them to examine their own lives and compare it to what we're reading. The essential question for the week is how can we reuse what we already have? The stories that we're reading involve stories in which children reuse things they already have, which allowed for a great discussion on why we recycle, what we should recycle, and what could be created from these recycled things. For grammar we are studying subject and object pronouns. We are also taking another look at homonyms, homophones, and homographs, with a hard focus on homographs. Important Date:
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