October 1-5, 2018

I apologize for completely spacing on taking pictures! We had a very busy and productive week, nonetheless!

Writing- We examined our mentor sentence, wrote letters to pen pals at Doss elementary, and brainstormed some ideas for writing poetry

Reading- Summarizing, character change, and our began our unit on poetry by reading through a bunch of different poetry books!

Math- Learned about strip diagrams by using interactive thinking blocks and ordered 4 digit numbers on number lines. We reviewed for the unit 1 and 2 DCA on Friday.

Science- Finished up our unit on mixtures by doing mixtures stations and taking the DCA test.

Social studies- Legislative branch simulation- we divided up into the house of representatives, senate, president, and cabinet members. I presented them with bills and the house and senate discussed and voted on whether they wanted to pass or veto. They loved it!

ESLOT- Hour of code

Coming up next for our short week:

Writing- More with writing all different types of poems, First up, free verse poems

Reading- Paired with writing, we will read all different types of poems and examine the different elements of poetry.

Math- Start unit on multiplication

Science- Start unit on forms of energy

Social studies- Judicial branch, The Story of Ruby Bridges, and Good citizenship