Mrs.Alvarado’s Class News Friday, Jan 27th
Dear Parents,
It has been a really good learning week but a very rainy indoor week! I feel bad about all of the indoor time! Hopefully this rain will end soon! Take a look at what we’ve been doing!
Reading- We finished reading the book The Egypt Game this week. We will be doing a few more activities next week to finish up. We will be taking a comprehension test over the book, taking an AR test over the book, sequencing story events, and creating some Egyptian costumes. Students can bring in some beads, cloth, and small embellishments to decorate their costume. Send them in a sealed plastic bag with your child’s name on the bag. This is not a requirement just something extra that I thought would be fun.
Grammar- We finished our unit on adjectives with a review Thursday and Friday. Next week we will begin a unit on adverbs.
Writer’s Workshop- We are working in the writing trait of “Word Choice”. We talked about using vivid verbs to make our writing more exciting. Next week we will be using adjectives and adverbs to enhance our writing.
Math- We finished Chapter 13 with a test on Wednesday. We started Chapters 14 and 15 which both teach fractions. We will be working with equivalent fractions, adding/subtracting fractions, and working with mixed numbers. I will test on Chapter 14 and 15 at the same time when we are finished with 15.
Social Studies/ Science- We finished up Chapter 6 in Social Studies with a test this week. When we return to Social Studies with will be studying the causes of the Revolutionary War and the war itself. In science, we have started our unit over the solar system. Next week we will be learning about planets, why we have seasons, and why we have day and night. By the end of next week your child should be able to answer those questions. I sent home a project sheet this week explaining a solar system model project. The project will be due Friday, Feb.10th. Hopefully your child has started talking to you about this project! The class seems excited to be learning about space!
Have a great weekend! Mrs.Alvarado
