Language Arts
This week we completed our Mother’s Day book project and then helped celebrate our wonderful mothers with yoga.
Besides celebrating our mothers we also worked on identifying the mood or tone of stories. The students had fun with this as they identified the mood from some of their journal entries. We also continued working with homophones and personification.
The 3rd/4th graders did a fantastic job reading to and listening to the kindergarteners on Friday. They also helped the kindergarteners with a writing project. This was a great way for them to think about their handwriting skills, spelling, and grammar (as they were mentoring the kinders). They were quite impressed with the handwriting skills of the kinders!
The students did not receive their new spelling list on Friday. They will receive it on Monday.
English Language Arts
Students turned in Book Buffet Book Reports this Friday. On Monday May 15th we will be having our Book Buffet from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Please stop by the Art Room to enjoy some delicious books!
Math
Playing our favorite math review game: Trashketball!
Getting ready for the lightening round!
Enjoying the weather and learning about horizontal and vertical lines!
How many horizontal lines are on the playground?
This week we finished our unit on Parallel and Perpendicular line segments. Our objectives were:
- draw parallel line segments
- identify horizontal and vertical lines
- review entire chapter by playing Trasketball
- demonstrate knowledge and ability to draw parallel and perpendicular line segments on the chapter test
Students did a great job with their test on Friday! We went over the test and some students brought home test corrections that they did not finish in class, they are due on Monday May 15 and then we will begin our next chapter Squares and Rectangles!
History and Geography
Amazing morning work art!
Lily joined us or some history on the French and Indian War!
This week we continued learning about the American Revolution. Our objectives were:
- compare and contrast the life of a child of a slave with a child of a free person
- identify Parliament and explain its powers
- list and describe the most important rights of British citizens
- explain the reasons for the conflict between the French and the British
- identify George Washington and describe his role in the conflict
- describe the course of the conflict in the Ohio River valley
- understand the events of the French and Indian War
We have continued to add activities to our bulletin board and it is filling up fast! Take a look at all the awesome work your kiddos have done so far!