Friday, March 3, 2023

March 3, 2023- Weekly News!

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  • Community Building 
    • Read Across America: Guest Reader- Ms. Crisler!
    • Friday Gathering: Theatre Club presented Snow White Lite 
      • Congratulations to the cast!
  • Reading 
    • Unit 3: The Revolutionary War
      • Expanding on notes 
      • Keeping notes organized 
      • Using a variety of sources: books, articles, videos, and ebooks
  • Writing
    • Unit 3: Writing About History 
      • Publishing Party to celebrate completed 1st informational booklets
      • Deciding on 2nd subtopic 
      • Planning table of contents 
      • Drafting with goals in mind
  • Social Studies
    • 7 Main Regions of the USA
    • Began 50 State Project- Each student is researching one state to present about to peers
    • This is the song 4th Grade will be singing at their next Friday Gathering on March 3st:
  • Science
    • Mini-Lesson: How do you fix a broken heart? 
      • Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - Founded Provident Hospital, the first racially integrated hospital in Chicago and one of the first people to perform open heart surgery
    • Lava Experiment: type of lava in a cone vs. shield volcano
    • Sedimentary Rock and Fossils Lesson: Students gathered evidence to describe how environments on Earth have changed over time
  • Health/Wellness
    • Ms. Velez's Class Lesson: Brain Quiz
  • Math  
    • Number Corner
      • Completed the February Calendar and began the March Calendar about Function Machines
      • Solving Problems
        • How to choose an equation to match a multi-step story problem
      • Using a clock model to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators
        • ex: 1/3 + 1/4 = 20 mins/60 min + 15 mins/60 min = 35/60 min = 7/12
    • New Table Seats for Unit 4
    • Charting to One Million 
    • Quiz: Angles, Rays, Triangles, & Multiplying to Find the Area in sq. feet
    • Give and Take Strategy for Addition
    • Writing Larger Numbers in Expanded Form and in Words
Announcements:
  • Friday, March 10th: Early Dismissal @12:30pm marks the end of Trimester 2
    • March 13th - 17th: SPRING BREAK!
  • March 24th: LS Trimester 2 Report Cards Emailed
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