A Week in Review
February 3 - 7
Dear Families in Room 210,
What an amazing week and not just because the Seahawks won the Super Bowl! We've been busy working, learning, and laughing in Room 210 this week. Here is what we've been up to:
Virtue Awards:
Emily has earned a Virtues Award for demonstrating the virtues of respect and responsibility. Emily is always respectful and follows directions. She has 100% of her class work and homework completed. Keep up the great work!
Reading:
Our main selection in Journeys this week was Don Quixote and the Windmills by Eric A. Kimmel. The story was humorous fiction and had us so curious about how it ends (since Journeys only gives excerpts of texts) that I bought it on Amazon and we are eagerly awaiting its arrival so we can finish it! Our target skill was understanding characters and our target strategy was questioning.
Writing:
In writing this week, we worked on our Social Studies letter, as well as writing our Coming to America story. We focused on thoroughly developing our paragraphs and using details and examples to elaborate on our ideas.
Math:
We finished Unit 5 Addition and Subtraction with Fractions and have moved into Unit 6 Volume, Capacity, and Weight. Our first lesson focused on how to find the volume of a rectangular prism and students learned the formula (l x w x h = v).
Science:
In Science with Ms. Keenan, students learned that a mixture is a combination of two or more materials stirred together. They worked in their science groups to separate a mixture. They also worked to separate a solution, while learning that a solution is a special mixture formed when a material dissolves in water.
Social Studies:
What a fun (and frustrating!) lesson for the students this week. We started Chapter 10 Growing Tension Between Britain and the Colonies. In order to simulate these "growing tensions" for students, I had students "plan" their Valentine's Day party - with NO limits. They were so excited!! Then a PTA memo was delivered and many rules and restrictions were put into place, taking away the ideas they had planned. This fake party planning activity was designed to show students how after the French and Indian War, Britain started passing more taxes and laws in the colonies. The colonists felt frustrated because they weren't enjoying the liberties they had previously been given, nor did they have representation in Parliament when these laws were being passed.
What a wonderful week of learning! I hope to see you at the auction tomorrow evening. Enjoy this sunny (brrrrr) weather!
Go Seahawks!
~Mrs. Hatlestad
Upcoming Events:
10 Feb - Big Picture School Information Night
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)
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