MOVING RIGHT ALONG

It seems we are finally in the swing of things with a full routine of academics and a bit special learning opportunities this week.  Below you can see pictures of Youkin presenting on Chinese New Year.  We all got to try dumplings and writing Chinese characters.  Today, we enjoyed reading books with our buddies at the library.  Tomorrow, we will enjoy  watching our classmates compete in the Geography Bee.  Congrats to our competitors: Jack, Andrew, Jimmy, and Kate.  Also, we have decided on our community project for this year's science learning.  We will be building a stream table for Grant school learners to learn about stream ecosystems!  This learning has already starting and you can view our progress on the CPBL 2016-2017 link.

Thank you for sending in family conference time forms.  Please let me know if you need another sheet or you can email a conference preference for Thursday evening (2/16) or Friday morning (2/17).  I will send time confirmations in this week's Friday Folder.

Following is a snapshot of the learning in each subject.

READING:  We are in our 3rd week of our Ecoliteracy book cycle.  Students are writing about theme this week, making predictions, and answering comprehension questions.

WRITING:  Writers are actively drafting their Explorer narratives using techniques we practiced in class.

MATH:  After finishing up our Algebra unit, we are heading right into decimals and fractions.  Most of this work will be on comparing and ordering before we start to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We are now looking at the original 13 English colonies in America.  Each student will be a part of a group presentation on a colonial region.

SCIENCE:  We are taking notes on stream table designs and discussing stream ecosystems.  The rest of our science units this year (water cycle, weather, mass, solar system, ecosystems) will be integrated with our community project.