Highlights for the Weeks of 4/8/2019in Mrs. Bell's Classroom
Sp
elling - Unit 25 - Prefixes im-, in-, and un-
elling - Unit 25 - Prefixes im-, in-, and un-
The prefixes "im-", "in-", and "un-" are the focus of this week's spelling lesson. In addition to the list of words to spell, students will study the meaning of these prefixes and how they change the meaning of the root words that they are attached to. The final TEST is scheduled for Friday, 4/12.
Reading- Unit 2 - "Journeys" - The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
We will read chapters 15-18 of our novel and work on text-dependent questions and reader responses related to those chapters.
Students will also begin writing a "Biopoem" based on their hero essays. The poems will be part of a class book that I will submit for publishing to Scholastic. Look for information about our class book to come home soon!
Students will also begin writing a "Biopoem" based on their hero essays. The poems will be part of a class book that I will submit for publishing to Scholastic. Look for information about our class book to come home soon!
Social Studies - "Land and Resources of the Southwest"
The Southwest map QUIZ is scheduled for Wednesday, 4/10.
The Southwest Brochure Project will be at the forefront this week. Each student will be assigned a state in the region, conduct research on it and create a travel brochure. The project will be introduced on 4/10. The "hook" and 3 attractions will be due on 4/12. Students will be given some time to work on this at school, but should expect to also work on it at home.
Science - Energy Conversions
We will continue to synthesize ideas about electrical systems failures and be introduced to the electrical grid. Below are pictures of students working together to create electrical systems that will fail. They then joined with another group whose goal it was to decide why the system would fail and how to fix it.
The Southwest map QUIZ is scheduled for Wednesday, 4/10.
The Southwest Brochure Project will be at the forefront this week. Each student will be assigned a state in the region, conduct research on it and create a travel brochure. The project will be introduced on 4/10. The "hook" and 3 attractions will be due on 4/12. Students will be given some time to work on this at school, but should expect to also work on it at home.
Science - Energy Conversions
We will continue to synthesize ideas about electrical systems failures and be introduced to the electrical grid. Below are pictures of students working together to create electrical systems that will fail. They then joined with another group whose goal it was to decide why the system would fail and how to fix it.
Mrs. Bell's Math Class - Unit 6 - Graphing, Geometry & Volume
Classifying quadrilaterals and the hierarchy of how they are classified will be our focus this week. A CHECKPOINT on shape classification is scheduled for Thursday, 4/11. We will also revisit the topic of volume.
Here are some pictures of students collaborating with geoboards to create triangles to meet certain classification criteria...
Here are some pictures of students collaborating with geoboards to create triangles to meet certain classification criteria...
FYI...
4/10 - Reading #1
4/11 - Reading #2
4/12 - Math #1
4/15 - Math #2
4/16 - Math #3
4/17-18 - Make-ups.
All testing will be in the morning. Please make sure that your child comes to school each day with a fully charged Chromebook and headphones.
Your child will be able to do his/her best when he/she is well rested and has had a healthy breakfast before coming to school. There will be limited time for a snack before the tests, as we are taking them first thing in the morning. And just a reminder that our classroom motto is..."Don't stress - just do your BEST!"
Our SEL theme for the month of April is Empathy. Students created this graffiti board with words that are related to being empathetic...
Our SEL theme for the month of April is Empathy. Students created this graffiti board with words that are related to being empathetic...
Mrs. Karen Bell
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