April 8th - 12th

This week was a was a busy week! Please check out the pictures and links listed below :) 

Math:

In math students have been learning about fractions and decimals. Students are working on understanding equivalent fractions and reducing fractions to their simplest form. Please see the videos below for more information on these concepts. Additionally, students have continued to work on reviewing addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Equivalent Fractions:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZOPhcQe2Y 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBZ2QGZBH6M

Writing Fractions in their Simplest Form: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CKDqvddhhg

Division: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbIw2iR8WU 

Addition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVSMC1ccVhI 

Subtraction:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGkkTftXLVA

Multiplication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRReFvbpXA

English Language Arts:

In writing students have been working hard on a poetry unit! So far we have been talking about how to write free verse and verse poems (ask your student what this means)! 

In reading and literacy stations students have been working on making text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.

Poetic Devices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g-PqUhqlQM

Haikus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZVGnx-82sc

Making Connections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAgKbjI8t2o

Social Studies/ Science/ Health:

In science we are starting a unit on plants. Students have been learning about the importance of plants and the different plant parts. 

Plants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xScqCN0GA

 

Other:

This week was our last week for crochet club. In P.E students started a new unit this week called drum fit! It was so fun. Students worked on being active in a new why by drumming out rhythms. In art this week students finished their cursive critters. In this activity they were tasked with writing their name in cursive handwriting. Then, they worked on turning their name into a bug! Check out their creative critters below. Lastly, they explored using figurative language in poetry by creating an alliteration poem to describe their bug.

Video on cursive handwriting:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTioAWQ2KRE

  

 

Have a wonderful weekend! 

- Mrs. Harris and Ms. Irvine