Welcome to week 19! It's conference week! We look forward to meeting with each of you and your children to discuss the year so far. Also remember, all of this week is half days. Students will be dismissed at 11:10.
In math this week we will be starting our first unit of algebra. Although the term algebra is new to our kids, they will be pleasantly surprised that they already know how to do some algebra. In particular our students will be writing variables and expressions, identifying patterns and expressions, and learning about the distributive property. It should be an eye opening week for the kids.
In reading, students will be completing their historical fiction novels. This week will have limited reading time. As a result, the time we do have will be used to catch up on section of their book or comprehension packet.
No writing this week. Just not enough time for it.
In science students will be starting their second investigation in our environments unit. Students will be investigating the water tolerance of plants. They will create an investigation in which similar plants and soil receive different amounts of water. As a result, students can observe which plants are able to grow in the different amounts of water.
That's it for now. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Allyn and Alaina
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