This week was a weird, four-day week! We had Veterans day on Wednesday which made for a strange week.
In Math, we took the Unit 3 test and started a new unit on decimals. We took our 3s multiplication test and will be taking our 4s next Friday (a week from today). This week was our last week of Subtraction WIN Block. All of us improved our subtraction skills.
In Reading, we read a story called "Zlateh the Goat" and focused on the setting of the story. We learned that setting is the time, place, and culture of a story. In "Zlateh the Goat" we learned that the story took place in a setting very different than present day. We also continued to meet in our Reading Groups, although we missed two days because of a weird week.
In Writing, most people finished their short stories. We had a lesson on re-visioning our writing with different "glasses" on. The glasses weren't real but helped us look at our writing with a different focus each time we read it. We tried to revise our dialogue, our setting, and making sure we show rather than tell. We also made sure our characters weren't seeming like fake, cardboard characters.
In Science, we built the layers of the earth using clay. Some of us sketched pictures but most of use wanted to build with clay. We labeled the different layers and learned that the layers are the core, the outer core, the mantle and the crust. Here are some pictures of our models:
In other news, we started planning for non-traditional homework presentations. Many of us are very excited and have already chosen our topics. We also have new take-a-break desks and have set up our classroom a little differently.
See ya later alligators!
Samantha & Ms. Swaim
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