Friday, March 29, 2013

5V News

Parent Conferences:
The schedule is up on the blog here: PARENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULEPlease email me with a time you would like and I'll fill in a slot for you.  You can also let me know if there is a better time for you that's not listed on the schedule.  Thanks! 

We are learning about:
  • Matter
  • Exponents
  • Feature articles
  • Character development
Some activities we did this week:
  • Reviewed exponents and how to use them
  • Wrote numbers in standard notation, exponential notation and number and word notation
  • Continued drafting and sharing our feature articles
  • Began listening to Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli during read aloud
  • Noticed how a character's actions can show us a lot about them
  • Linked a character's action with a personality trait during read aloud and in our own reading
  • Visited with author Marty Kelly and learned about the writing and illustrating process
  • Did a class experiment to see how molecules move in liquids
  • Discovered that adding or subtracting energy creates a change
  • Began to compare physical changes and chemical changes
Have a great weekend!

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