News for 2/5

What a great week! There a has been a lot of learning and fun happening all around!

Math:

3rd Grade- 

Third grade continued our geometry unit this week. We have been talking about polygons, attributes of quadrilaterals, and types of lines. We are looking forward to starting perimeter and area next week!

4th Grade-

4th graders have spent the week exploring perimeter, area and volume.  We have made 2D and 3D objects from various materials- square tiles, unifix cubes, and centimeter cubes.  We challenged ourselves with some problems from Math Olympiad to stretch our brains and ended the week by playing a Kahoot to test our skills.  Students also previewed instructions for a project to be completed next week.  Ask your child what the project is all about!

5th Grade-

5th graders have spent the week exploring measurement conversions within the same system, and scale factors, using proportions and unit rates.  We've spent a lot of time discussing when and where you might convert measurements in the real world, and practicing setting up proportions.  Students discovered that using proportions almost always guarantees your answer will be correct, and you won't choose the wrong operation to solve.  

We ended the week by plotting points on a coordinate plane to make Roxy the dachsund, and creating her family members using different scale factors on other planes.  The students had fun discovering the scale factors used and naming the dachsunds!

ELA Enrichment & ISP:

1st Grade- 

1st graders have had a great week!  We have done some work on our ISPs and students have all narrowed their list of research topics down from 6 ideas to three.  We also read the book Olympics by B.G. Hennessey, and discussed the 2018 Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea.  Students were given a picture of the 2018 Olympics logo, and made puzzles from them.  We had fun putting them back together! 

2nd Grade-

We have been busy narrowing down our research topics. We have been investigating available resources. Students are also working hard on completing their novel.

3rd Grade-

Third grade visited the library this week to hear a presentation from Mrs. Bamford. She talked with us about narrowing research topics and creditable resources. It was a very interesting lesson!

4th Grade-

We are so excited that our Lemoncello card tournament is happening Monday. This is the culminating activity to our novel unit. We have also been analyzing resources so that we can narrow down our ISP topics.

5th Grade-

Fifth grade has been hard at work browsing research resources and narrowing our ISP topics. They are also excited to wrap up their "Think Tank Thursday" projects next week.

Have a wonderful holiday break and see you next year!

Important Dates:

2/14 Valentine's Day Parties
2/19-20 No School- Student Holiday