It’s Spring Time!

Hello Families,

I apologize that so much time has passed, since the last post! Between report cards and preparing for state testing, I have found very little extra time.

You can be very proud parents! Your children have been working very hard as they’ve been learning and preparing for the state tests. We’ve completed two tests, and we have six to go!! As a reminder, we’ll be testing Monday through Thursday this upcoming week.

Reading, Writing, and Poetry

As I stated in the report card, we have been focusing on reading and analyzing nonfiction text. We’ve been writing summaries about articles and determining the author’s perspective. We are also continuing to enhance our skills through writing narrative, expository, and persuasive essays.

The kids are having a blast learning about poetry! They have been amazed that the meaning behind a poem is usually much more than what’s initially obvious. They have also been delving deep in the analysis of the content, the speaker, the audience, and the theme of each poem.

Math

We have been learning about geometry in the mornings and fractions in the afternoons.The overall mood about math has been a positive one. I’m not sure they’ve really noticed how much math we’re doing. 😉 In geometry, students are learning about lines, angles, polygons, triangles, and  how to use a protractor. See…doesn’t that sound fun? In fractions, we just took our final test on fractions with common denominators. Our next unit will be on fractions with uncommon denominators.

Our most recent STARS OF THE WEEK!! 

Here are Abi, Matthias, and Emma. 

Field Day

We were thankful it didn’t rain during our scheduled walk time!!! 

 

Social Studies: Oregon Trail Field Trip

Here are a few pictures from our Oregon Trail Adventure field trip. Your kiddos were divided into small pioneer family units and each group was assigned a “Prairie Schooner” Radio Flyer wagon. Starting at the trading post, students pretended to purchase supplies in order to stock their wagons and then traveled along the Oregon Trail through Farrell-McWhirter Park and back again. Along the way they had encounters similar to what the real pioneers faced, and had to make tough choices in order to survive. At the end of the journey, students had the chance to make butter, compete in log races, and build homes with Lego Logs.

Science: Land and Water

We recently wrapped up our Land and Water unit. Students investigated the interactions between land and water. Using a stream table as their model, they observed how runoff causes stream formation; how groundwater forms; how soil is eroded, transported, and deposited; and how water shapes land. Each group followed the “Engineering Design Model” as they created a dam in their stream tables to keep the city from flooding. They asked questions, made a plan, observed, and then improved their plan. Some cities were protected and others…not so much. But either way, there was a lot of hands-on cooperative learning and knowledge building.

Art: Clay

Melissa Cox kindly volunteered her time to help us make fish out of clay. Thank you Melissa!!

 

 

 

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