December 7-11

What a great start we had to December! Our Fun Run for Woodview Elementary was a success! Thank you for all of your generosity and support! Also thanks to all who donated for Toys for Tots! The students had a great time sharing the holiday spirit and joy with others!

Check out what we are learning this week..

Reading: Readers understand that inner dialogue is a craft element that authors use to develop the character. Inner dialogue is when a character is thinking to himself or herself. Authors usually do not use quotation marks or italics for inner dialogue. It should be written normally!

Writing: This week in writing we are giving the students some free choice to use the techniques and genres of writing that they have learned about all semester! The choices include: Science/Social Studies topic writing (nonfiction books), letters (to Santa, elves, family and friends), personal narratives and holiday writing activities! The students have learned so many writing formats and styles and we can’t wait to see what they choose!

Math: In math we are moving forward and adding some steps in our bar model problems! We will continue to work with word problems in both addition and subtraction and will dive into 2-step problems!

Social Studies: We will learn about communities: urban, suburban and rural. How are they different? How are they similar? What do we find in each? What is it like living in each community?

Science: We will continue our study of balance and motion! We will look at rolling objects and how ramps/wheels affect motion.