Paul Owen Lewis Visits!

A Week in Review

April 14 - 18

 

Welcome back from Spring Break! We've picked right back up where we left off, it doesn't seem like we even went on break! I'm proud of how our students have eased right back into their learning. We also had a school visit from publish author Paul Owen Lewis. He has written books like Storm Boy, Frog Girl, Davy's Dream, and The Jupiter Stone. He came to our class for a question and answer session with our students about his writing! A special thank you goes to Mrs. McClelland for organizing this for our entire school!

 

Virtue Awards:

Our entire class has received a Virtue Award for their hard work on their Science presentations. Read below in the Science section to see how amazing they were!

 

 

 

 

Reading:

Our main selection in Journeys this week was Vacqueros: America's First Cowboys by George Ancona. We used it to practice our target skill: main ideas and details and our target strategy: summarizing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing:

We examined word families this week and word roots. We also practiced using transition words. Students worked to identify words that link one sentence to another and words that tell time order.

 

Math:

Unit 7 Multiplication and Division with Whole Numbers and Decimals is coming to an end! Only one lesson remains before we take our end-of-unit assessment (next Wednesday). We worked this week divide whole numbers by decimals and divide decimals by decimals. We also practiced long division, multiplication, and word problems that involved both whole numbers and decimals.

 

 

 

 

Science:

Ms. Keenan and our students completed their Public Service Announcements. Students presented their pollution solution projects in front of our class, their purpose being to educate their audience on the pollutant their group chose. The students created posters, pamphlets, and PowerPoint sideshows to help make their point. Ms. Keenan was so very impressed with our student presentations, each Science group received a 4 on their presentation!! They were poised, clear, and presented their topic with confidence and expertise! Way to go!!!

 

Social Studies:

Did you know that the U.S. Constitution is like a 3-legged stool? Students compared the Articles of the Confederation (weak, limited power, like a 1-legged stool) to the U.S. Constitution. We tried to balance our textbooks on 1 pencil, witnessed how unsteady it was. Then we tried to balance one textbook using 3 pencils and saw how easy it was - this analogy helped students see how our government keeps any one branch from having too much power.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for another great. Enjoy the weekend!

 

Go Seahawks!

~Mrs. Hatlestad

Upcoming Events:
23 April - Explore World Cultures Family Night 5-7pm

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

26 May - No School in observance of Memorial Day

5 June - Band/Orchestra concert (school time TBD, evening event 7:30pm)

20 June - 5th Grade Graduation in the cafe (afternoon time TBA)

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