LA - Students should be well on their way with their writing. Our topic this time is the most ______ thing that's ever happened to me. They can talk about happy, sad, scary, surprising, exciting, etc. We're focusing on just telling about that moment, not everything that happened in the hours before and after.
Keep reading every night, and writing in your journals at least twice a week (about 2 pages per week). Our next book talk will be a very short summary, and a "blurb" for the back of the book that is written by the student.
Math - We've just started a new unit on fractions. We're working on going back and forth between improper (where the numerator is bigger than the denominator) and mixed (where there is a whole number with the fraction). Click here for a practice sheet we started in class. Students should remember that the denominator is always how many pieces make up one whole thing. Is it split into 4, or 5, or 8, or ...?
Science - Science fair is just around the corner! Students should be finishing up their experiments, and filling in all of their information, data, observations etc. in their booklet, which will be handed in with the project. We will have a block of time on Tuesday morning to finish up, so students need to have everything they need to work away during that time.
Student-led conference sheets have gone home. Please check your top 3 times and send those in as soon as possible. I'll make a schedule and let you know! Official times run from 6-8 Thursday and 8:30-12 Friday, but I'll be here by 5 on Thursday evening. Report cards go out this Wednesday.
I will be in the building but out of the classroom Tuesday morning, and back for the afternoon to address any last-minute concerns.
Have a FANTASTIC long weekend.
