Wow! Time really does fly by fast lately! I can hardly believe we only have 1 ore week left until we start on Christmas Break! We have been busy learning all kinds of great things!

Reading ~ We have started to study nonfiction. first we learned how to read expository texts (think all about books), now we are learning how to read narrative nonfiction (these are texts that read like stories).  We have learned that we can use the strategies for reading fiction to help us read narrative nonfiction. What did the character want? What is the obstacle that gets in the way? How does the character respond?

Writing ~ We are working on revising and editing our personal essays. The students have done a great job with coming up with a thesis and reasons that support their thesis.  They also have written mini-stories that support each reason! This week we learned how to write introductions and conclusions for our essays.

Math ~ We have completed our first unit on division and will be taking our Unit 3 test this week. (Practice test was on Wednesday, Review on Thursday, and Final Test on Friday). We will not start our new unit until after break! We will be spending sometime next week reviewing all we have learned this year!

Science ~ We have had a lot of fun observing guppies, snails and African Dwarf frogs! We have also learned about producers and consumers, food chains and food webs.  We played a fun game with food chains.

Our class had the opportunity to spend an hour yesterday learning how to code when we participated in The Hour of Code.  Students wrote simple code to move an Angry Bird through a maze.  If your child really enjoyed coding, they may go to code.org and continue to learn more!