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Welcome to our new
student, Savannah Taylor
The 2nd Task about
inventions is due in two weeks. Attached
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Reading: The
theme for the next 4 stories is called Problem Solvers and the
children will learn about how to solve problems using realistic
fiction stories. We read a historical fiction called Marven at
the Great North Woods. The story is about a 10 year old boy in
1918 who was sent by his family to work at a lumberjack camp in
order to escape the influenza. Reading skills included
decoding words that have the prefixes mis and re. Comprehension
skills included looking for steps when solving problems, and
evaluating how Marven solved his problems at the lumberjack
camp.
Writing: This
week we launched into poetry writing about snow and essay
writing about our invention timeline. Also we practiced
writing using Dress Up words to create interesting word
choice in our narratives.
Spelling: We
took our spelling test this Thursday. Study the new list in the
homework section for next Thursday’s test.
Math: We
took our Topic 9 test over polygons, angles, triangle
types, and quadrilateral types. Extra work is under your
child’s name in the Pearson website for extra practice. Check
out the http:/pearsonsuccessnet.com and log in to see what your
child could practice to improve his/her understanding. For extra
practice on facts go to http://www.multiplication.com
At this site your child can take facts tests on line.
Also they can play multiplication games while practicing facts.
We are recording the weather data for January. We are
using the Tri-City Herald as our source. Check out the back of A
section and look for predicted, highs and lows for the day,
length of day, temperature trends, averages, records for the
day, and moon phase. We learned how to find the mean, median,
mode, and range of a set of numbers using our temperature
data in January. We graphed our class survey results
using a bar graph and a pie graph.
Social Studies: We
are learning about Washington State through our Washington State
ABC penmanship books. Trickster Coyote visited the horses of
the Horse Heaven Hills and learned amazing facts about them.
The Trail: This week
we met the Arikara Indians who were farmers and lived on a 3
mile island. They were very impressed with York (Clark’s black
slave) and called him Great Medicine. Eventually, the explorers
reached the Hadatsa and Mandan Indians who live in present day
North Dakota. We built Fort Mandan and settled in to face the
long, cold winter among these Indians. A French fur trader wants
to join our Corps of Discovery as an interpreter. He had 2
Shoshone wives. We discussed whether we should let him join.
Eventually, most of us do agree he can join us. As it turns out,
one of his wives is Sacagawea!!! We had three fates in the room.
Rylie had a river named after her, Madeleine took a ride in the
bull boats, and Cheyenne’s boots wore out.
Science: We
have started our 2nd district science kit called Land and
Water. Thanks to the parents who volunteered to help us with
the labs. We compared how a model of a water cycle that we
create in a streambed tub is similar and different from the real
water cycle system. On Friday we had our first lab in the
commons. The children created their team streambed tubs and then
poured a stream of water through the soil. This resulted in a
gully and a deposit that we will study in length next week.
HOMEWORK and HOMEWORK
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