The Home Stretch

Although the weather wasn't the nicest, I hope rest, fun and togetherness were a part of your Spring Break ventures.   We are just short of 2 months left to our school year.  Wow. As we wind down and rev up for it, here's what you can expect from the next month of learning in our classroom.

Math

 

Next Wednesday we will have our Unit 7 test on Fractions.  It will include skill problems that focus on knowing the difference between the numerator and denominator, equal size pieces, how to plot them and locate them on a number line  and using the "1/2" rule, fraction cards or your multiplication and division knowledge to compare different fractions.

The next two units will focus back on mastering our multiplication and division sense and tables as well as performance and problem solving tasks.  I will be sending home different multiplication games to play per week.

Science

 

This Friday students will demonstrate their mastery of identifying plants' parts and their function/purpose,  as well as showing understanding of the order and process of a plant's growth and reproduction.  They can "study" at home with our Google Classroom references and textbook, but this is an ongoing in class exploration and research that, if paying attention and participating, they will be able to perform individually well on the assessment.

The majority of our science learning till year's end will focus on Life Science including habitats like the rainforest and the plants and animals that coexist (ecology) in it.   On Thursday, May 25, we will take a local trip to a Wetlands where we will study and explore this more closely.  Information about this field trip will be sent home in a few weeks.

Social Studies

 



Geography and Maps, specifically New Jersey will be our focus until the end of the year.  We will learn about the land features, roadways, communities and counties.  In the next week, students will be given a Show Us Your County Project, due at the end of May.

There is also daily attention to the current events and social perspective and public speaking skills each student contributes to and involves themselves in.

Reading/Writing

 

We will be reading 2-3 more Journeys Text Stories, which will include the multiple choice test selection,s and then we are going to venture out into our class library.  We will have creative, evidential and persuasive activities and assignments that will  relate to the specific books, articles and other texts we read.