Friday, December 5th

Happy Friday!

Important Dates to Know:
 - Monday, December 8th: students should bring their costumes to school in a bag.
 - Monday, December 8th at 6:30 P.M. Hero Tribute Tour followed by Fifty Nifty United States Musical Performance.  You won't want to miss it!
- Reading logs due on Friday.

Reading- This week in reading we learned how a fiction text can have elements of trickery, a theme or moral, and different types of characters (static, dynamic, round and flat). Next week, we will begin our guided reading groups with novel studies. Students were introduced to their novels today. Ask your child what novel he/she will be reading.

Writing- We are continuing to polish and publish our nonfiction writing. We also published our hero poems. Please look for these outside of the Hero Tribute Tour on Monday night!

Math- This week we converting fractions to decimals, compared and ordered fractions, and worked on finding the one when given a fractional amount. Also, we explored probability and reviewed landmark data (mean, median, mode). Ask your child how they can convert 2/5 to a decimal without a calculator.

Social studies- This week we continued to explore the Southeast region. Students learned about the variety of natural resources the Southeast region produces. Next week, we will discuss how the demand for oil helped boost the Southeast's economy. Ask your child how the Southeast's long growing season helps the economy. 

Charlie was presenting his genius hour project on how wolves sweat.

Annika proudly displays her spudastic potato- Good Night Construction Site

 Science- Students used iUniversity to begin a class on rocks and minerals.  They will be accessing this class throughout the unit and completing the assignments listed.  This week we started recording information on their minerals' properties.  Students used their iPads to photograph each mineral and then added it to a chart where they recorded a description of each mineral's color, texture, and luster. Ask your child to describe what luster is.

Hanah presented her genius hour project on sugar gliders.