Math: This week was a full week of multiplication. We began the week with factors and multiples and then ended with prime and composite numbers. There are SO many vocabulary words in this unit and it is so important for students to be able to manage those. We spent much of Friday catching up on unfinished pages. If this habit continues, we may begin bringing our math books home. We have so much work to do and we have to make sure we are keeping up. We now have 5 students totally finished with fact fluency skill practice!
Reading: Our guided groups continued this week and we really focused on our reading response letters. Every week students will write a reading response letter to me about a book they are reading. At some point, we may share these letters with you.
Writing: We are almost finished with our first drafts of our letter to Governor Snyder. Next week, we will offer a rebuttal to a counterargument and then wrap up those letters. The next step will be to publish those and get them sent off. It was sad for many of us to know that our persuasive letters had turned to opinion letters, but we talked about how relevant PBL topics sometime don't work out in the perfect way. :)
PBL: We left our government unit behind (mostly) and began a new and exciting unit on the brain. We began with a fun entry event where students attempted to save Mr. Egghead from a wild ride. We then spent the next three days rotating between the 4th grade teachers who expertly shared some new information with us on the brain.
Forms to Return: DTE Energy Forms - We need ALL 24 back to get our 100 grant for classroom supplies and fun!
Upcoming: Please let me know if you are a coach or an athlete that would be willing to make a short video. If you are interested, please contact me at bertelson@aaps.k12.mi.us
I’m looking forward to another great week! Please ask your child what they are learning about the brain this week.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
PBL: We left our government unit behind (mostly) and began a new and exciting unit on the brain. We began with a fun entry event where students attempted to save Mr. Egghead from a wild ride. We then spent the next three days rotating between the 4th grade teachers who expertly shared some new information with us on the brain.
Forms to Return: DTE Energy Forms - We need ALL 24 back to get our 100 grant for classroom supplies and fun!
Upcoming: Please let me know if you are a coach or an athlete that would be willing to make a short video. If you are interested, please contact me at bertelson@aaps.k12.mi.us
I’m looking forward to another great week! Please ask your child what they are learning about the brain this week.
Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
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