Quote of the Week:

“I love Minecraft and want to write about how it can help people. Can you help me?”
~Stephenson Sun

This week in class:

In Reading Class we learned:

• to use our Character Analysis Skills on the Novel: Matilda
• to theorize why a character acts the way they do.
• to Assess our own reading, and gauge how we are doing.
• to give ourselves good goals for this unit.

In Writing Class we learned:

• to think about our Audience, and what they need to hear to agree with us.
• to edit as we go, but if we run out of steam, to go back and read and edit our work.
• appropriate abstract nouns to use in our writing.
• to assess ourselves, and give ourselves good goals for this unit.

In Math Class we learned:

• how to use square centimeters to find the area of a rectangle.
• how to use square inches to find the area of a rectangle.
• how to find the area of a rectangle from an incomplete picture.

In Social Studies Class we learned:

• Learned about the 17 Sustainable goals set by the United Nations.
• We learned about Irish dancing, and music.

Next Week’s Plan:

Monday:

• Bilingual Book Swap!
• Information Gathering for our Writing.
• Start Matilda Chapter 4 and decide where we need our individual help.
• Review what we have learned in Math class.

Tuesday:

• Continue Gathering information for our Writing.
• Continue with Matilda Chapter 4.
• Focus on Arrays and incomplete information in Math related to area.
• Discover Irish Food.

Wednesday:

• iPads needed.
• Weekly Check in on Reading. AR Quizzes,
• Different Models of Area in Math. Using new tools.

Thursday:

• Pi Day: Math Activities on the break times!
• Begin Matilda Chapter 5
• Organize the information we gathered into meaningful chunks for our writing.
• Grammar Review.

Friday:

• Assembly: Relationship Star.
• Learning about the parts of a story.

To Support Your Child at Home:

• Set aside 15 or more minutes every day for quiet reading.
• Set aside 20 minutes to review the Home Review book each night.
• Read. Children like to copy what they see, if they see their family enjoying reading, they will be more motivated to read themselves.
• Make sure your child is getting 9~10 hours of sleep every night.
• Keep a steady routine at home with your child. This will help them understand and appreciate the times they have.
• Review the past vocabulary words we learned.

Something Special that happened in class:

During our Indoor Recess on Tuesday, a group of the students finally convinced me to teach them the basics of my favorite game: Dungeons & Dragons. So, we did a (very) simplified adventure for them. I promised I would do another soon.

Audrey had her Birthday Party With us! Congratulations Audrey!

We celebrated International Women’s Day during the class.