Happy Friday!
Here's a look at what we did this week:
Math – We’ve been taking math slow this week to make sure
students really understand subtracting with mental math before moving on. After
spending three days on it, I am happy to say that most students are finally
feeling confident! We are moving on to estimating sums and so far students are
breezing through this!
Social Studies – Social studies has been linking up
perfectly with our fishing field trip and our reading for this week! We have
been talking about our natural resources and how we can conserve and protect
them. Students came up with a lot of great ideas on how they can help on a
local level.
Science – What fun science was this week with the solar
eclipse and blood moon! On Monday, we were able to relate our teachings about
the solar system to real life as students shared their observations of the
moon. It was interesting to see how students saw different things at different
times of the night. This bridged perfectly into our next lesson as we learned
about the phases of the moon. Today, students completed a study guide for a mid
unit test that they will have next week.
Reading – This week in reading, we focused on skills for
reading information social studies texts. We read about caring for our natural
resources and talked about how text features in an informational text can
greatly enhance our story. We have ended Unit 1 in reading and will be
reviewing and taking a test towards the end of next week.
Writing – We are continuing to learn skills for writing a
good personal narrative in our writer’s workshops. This week we focused on
“showing”, not “telling”. I used “Come On, Rain!” as a mentor text to model
descriptive language to students. In the story, the author shows us that it is
hot outside without actually saying, “it is hot outside”. Students were able to
practice this new skill by taking a simple sentence and creating a paragraph
that “shows” instead of “tells” the sentence. Next week students will use this
skill as we continue in our personal narratives.
Religion – We ended Chapter 2 this week by discussing creation
and our Parish Church. Students decorated prayer cards that were laminated and
sent home in their Friday folders.
Other News:
- Pizza Money - As many of you heard, unfortunately the pizza envelope was misplaced while I was gone at a workshop on Tuesday. It was found today! Thank you for being so understanding while we looked for it. If you have any questions about it, please email me. The final day to send pizza money in is Monday.
- If you would like to receive BCA's Newspaper, The Glass Eye, in a hard copy edition, there is a $5 fee. You may choose to purchase the Fall, Winter, Spring edition or all three. Forms were sent home last Friday. If you would like another one, please let me know!
- Parent Teacher conference forms were sent home to oldest and only - please return by Friday, October 30th
- Fishing was a great success on Thursday! Thanks again to the parents that came out to help! Check out the pictures below.
Have a great weekend!
- Miss Rizzo
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