Highlights for the Weeks of 1/15/2018in Mrs. Bell's Classroom
Sp
elling - Unit 16 - Greek Roots
This week's list includes words with the Greek Roots micro, mega, hydro, astro, hydra and path. Students will study the meaning of these roots and words that contain them. The final TEST for this lesson will be on Friday, 1/19.
elling - Unit 16 - Greek RootsThis week's list includes words with the Greek Roots micro, mega, hydro, astro, hydra and path. Students will study the meaning of these roots and words that contain them. The final TEST for this lesson will be on Friday, 1/19.
ELA / Reading - Unit 1 - Lou Gehrig
Students will take the comprehension and vocabulary QUIZ for Lou Gehrig on Thursday, 1/18. The comprehension portion of the quiz will be open book. Students should review the word work on Google Classroom and the text-dependent questions from the story to help them prepare for the quiz.
We will also close read Gehrig's farewell speech.
I will introduce the culminating project for the courage unit, titled "Profile in Courage". Your child will research a historical figure who showed courage, create a slide presentation that will be turned into a "flip" book and present his/her project to the class. Step 1 will be to choose a person from a list that will be sent home on Wednesday, 1/17.
We will also close read Gehrig's farewell speech.
I will introduce the culminating project for the courage unit, titled "Profile in Courage". Your child will research a historical figure who showed courage, create a slide presentation that will be turned into a "flip" book and present his/her project to the class. Step 1 will be to choose a person from a list that will be sent home on Wednesday, 1/17.
Social Studies - The Midwest - "A Route to the Sea"
We will also how the waterways of the midwest sustain the region. Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map...below are some photos of students creating their Midwest maps:
We will also how the waterways of the midwest sustain the region. Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map...below are some photos of students creating their Midwest maps:
Science - Adaptations
Physical and behavioral adaptations will be our focus this week. Below are photos of our classroom scientists investigating why birds' beaks are shaped differently. Ask your child what he/she learned from this activity.
Physical and behavioral adaptations will be our focus this week. Below are photos of our classroom scientists investigating why birds' beaks are shaped differently. Ask your child what he/she learned from this activity.
Mrs. Bell's Math Class - Unit 4 Multiplication & Division of Whole Numbers and Decimals
This week in math we will focus on multiplication relationships, fractions as operators and the over/under strategy. Be sure to ask your child to describe the multiplication strategies that we have learned so far in Unit 4. The first checkpoint for Unit 4 is tentatively scheduled for 1/22.
Since the beginning of the school year, I have highly encouraged (and sometimes begged) students to show their work on math assignments. This week, my mathematicians impressed me by demonstrating how they showed their work on a homework assignment. Here is a photo that shows "teacher" Jonas with work that was shared by his "students"...
FYI...
1/15 - No School - Martin Luther King Day.
Since the beginning of the school year, I have highly encouraged (and sometimes begged) students to show their work on math assignments. This week, my mathematicians impressed me by demonstrating how they showed their work on a homework assignment. Here is a photo that shows "teacher" Jonas with work that was shared by his "students"...
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| It's all about the "baby steps"! |
1/15 - No School - Martin Luther King Day.
Mrs. Karen Bell
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