Friday, December 12, 2014

5V News

Curriculum Topics:
  • Writing a research-based argument
  • Reading nonfiction 
  • Dividing decimals 
  • The respiratory system
  • Jamestown and Plymouth settlements
Some activities we did this week:
  • Estimated quotients to division problems
  • Did division problems with decimal divisors
  • Took our 13 colonies quiz
  • Toured the Mayflower
  • Looked at the Mayflower Compact
  • Learned about the different parts of the respiratory system
  • Created a question about the respiratory system for our inquiry projects 
  • Began our nonfiction reading unit
  • Previewed our nonfiction texts, tapped our prior knowledge and made predictions 
  • Paused and summarized our nonfiction texts as we read
  • Found key details in our text to support the main ideas 
  • Began research on whether schools should serve chocolate milk or not
  • Collected evidence to think through the various sides of the argument for chocolate milk
Notes and reminders:
  • Early release next Wednesday, December 17th
  • Yankee book swap on Tuesday, December 23rd followed by a movie and popcorn 
Happy Friday! 

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