Happy New Year!

A Week in Review

January 6 - 10

 

 

Happy New Year! I hope that you had a great Winter Break, we have transitioned back into the swing of things quite easily in Room 210!

 

Virtue Awards:

Gracie and Shelby have earned a Virtue Award for demonstrating the virtues of enthusiasm and creativity. Gracie and Shelby decorated our classroom library for Valentine's Day, spreading a little holiday cheer and brightening up our reading space!

 

Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was Lunch Money by Andrew Clements. Students used the target strategy "monitor/clarify" to ensure comprehension as they read and used the target skill "identifying author's purpose". As we made claims about the author's viewpoint and purpose, students were challenged to use evidence to support their claim and explain how the evidence they cited supported their claim.

 

 

 

 

Writing:

We started our Expository Essay Writing Unit this week. Students used their Heritage Essays (writing about self) to work on elaborating on their ideas. They added relevant and descriptive details to their essays.

 

Math:

Students continued their work in Unit 5: Addition and Subtraction with Fractions. We worked this week on converting mixed numbers into improper fractions and improper fractions into mixed numbers. Students also worked to add mixed numbers and subtract mixed numbers while having to ungroup.

 

 

 

Science:

Ms. Keenan and our students started their new Science unit this week, "Pollution Solution". Students brainstormed the ways they use water inside and outside of their homes. They also learned the difference between the surface water system and the sewer system. This unit is centered around water quality.

 

 

 

Social Studies:

Not only did students wrap up the first unit in Social Studies (chapters 1, 4-7) by taking an end-of-unit test, they also started working in Chapter 8: Facing Slavery. We began Chapter 8 by examining personal dilemmas (having to make a choice between two equally unattractive choices) that they've faced. Students will connect their own dilemmas to those that West Africans faced.

 

 

 

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:

14 & 15 Jan - International School Information Night (7-8:30pm)

16 Jan - Chinook Middle School Information Night (6:30-8:30pm) at Ringdall

16, 22, 29 Jan and 10 Feb - Big Picture School Information Night 
20 Jan - No School in observance of MLK Jr. Day

23 Jan - Odle Middle School Information Night

27 Jan - No School, Elementary Teachers Professional Development Day

14 Feb - International School Lottery Application Due

17-21 Feb - No School, Mid-Winter Break

14 Mar - No School, Secondary Professional Development Day (Elem. non-paid)

7-11 Apr - No School, Spring Break

23 May - No School, 1/2 day paid Professional Day

26 May - No School in observance of Memorial Day

23June - Last Day of School (unless additional snow days occur)