Literatura
This week we read El gato que se volvió poeta. Our objectives were:
- understand what the digraph ll sounds like
- understand the suffixes -ado and -ción
- understand how nouns, adjectives, and articles change according to number (singular or plural) and gender (masculine or feminine)
- to use comprehension strategies such as predicting, summarizing, and asking questions to construct meaning from the text
- use the comprehension skill Fantasy and Reality as they read the story for the second time
Matemáticas
This week we wrapped up our chapter on Using Bar Models: Multiplication and Division. Our objectives were:
- use bar models to solve two-step word problems
- choose the correct operation to solve two-step word problems
- review using bar models to solve different types of multiplication and division problems
- demonstrate using bar models to solve different types of multiplication and division problems on the chapter test
Our next chapter will be Money!
History & Geography
Social studies with Ms. Marci.
This week we in our unit on the Viking Age we read more about Viking Family Life. We discussed reasons why Vikings traveled, trade, raid, and to explore new lands. Students made a model of a longship. We also watched a short video on what daily life might be like in a Viking village, and read Norse mythology stories about Thor. Students wrote about a Norse child’s morning routine and their own morning routine, comparing and contrasting the two.
Our objectives were to:
• explain that only the warriors who went on raids to other lands were actually called Vikings
• explain how and why the Vikings traveled to other countries
• recall that Viking people relied on farming, fishing, and trade for their living
• describe the everyday life of Viking people
Social Studies with Ms. Laura We talked about the history of The Olympics and held our own Olympic games, SWS style! We learned about, through reading and computer use, The Persian Wars and the unlikely victory for the Greeks over the powerful, and numerous, Persians. We started reading through, and practicing parts, for a play about one of the battles of this war, “Victory at Marathon”.
Sound travels faster through solid matter
Science
This week we continued with our Light and Sound science domain. We reviewed what we have learned so far and watched a Bill Nye video on sound. The class worked on their Alexander Graham Bell biographies. On Thursday a note about our upcoming science fair on light and sound came home. In this note you can find details on expectations and requirements for this activity. On Friday we worked took our unit assessment.
Our objectives were to:
• describe the life and contributions of Alexander Graham Bell
• explain the significance of the invention of the telephone
• review what we’ve learned this unit so far
Is it Purple day?
English Word Work
We had our spelling test on Friday. In grammar we worked on pronouns and suffixes. In our journals we used the word “irrate” in one entry and also wrote about either the proverb, “actions speak louder than words” or Groundhog day.