Math: On Friday we finished unit 7 (dividing decimals). We have officially learned how to use all four operations on decimals and fractions! Students will periodically be reviewing these skills by completing a fraction or decimal of the day sheet. Students will also use their knowledge of multiplying decimals and fractions in our next unit to compute volume and area formulas. Today we began our next unit on Volume by reviewing the area formula and finding the area of combined rectangles. Students will build on this knowledge to eventually find the volume of combined rectangular prisms.
Social Studies/Writer's Workshop: Last week we complete our mini-unit on North American settlements. Students learned about Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth. This week we began our creative writing unit on this topic. Students will all write 1 script, 1 poem, and 1 mini-narrative about one of these colonies. As students complete these creative writing tasks they can share them with you by accessing their Google Drive account at home.
Reader' Workshop: Over these next few days we will be completing our Non-Fiction reading unit. Students have worked hard thinking carefully about non-fiction texts. Students identified the text structures of various books, articles, and magazines and also compared the text structure of texts of a similar topic. Today we finished our practice on stating the main idea and supporting that main idea with a few important details.
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