Happy Friday the 13th to you!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the warmer weather and the sunshine! Melt snow, melt!

We have had another great week of learning in Room 16!

Math ~ We finished our first Fractions unit! I was really impressed with everyone’s test scores! We will continue to work with fractions and DECIMALS in our next unit.

Reading ~ We have been focusing on literary elements and devices that authors use to make their stories more interesting and fun to read. We learned about allusions (author makes a reference to another story or situation) and personification (giving human like qualities to non-human things) the wind whispered, the trees stood tall and of course talking animals!

Writing ~ The students are continuing to work on their literary essays.  This week we mined the text for evidence that supports our claim (thesis) and the students learned how to cite their textual evidence when adding quotes to their essays.

Social Studies ~ We continued to talk about migration and immigration and learned a little bit about the Oregon Trail.  We also spent some time learning about and discussing ways people adapt to the environment. We talked about why you might need a sloped roof or a flat roof, or perhaps you may need to build your house on stilts.

Reminders:

Conferences: Monday, March 16-Wednesday March 18 (full school days)

Thursday, March 26 – Talent Show 7 PM at the SLMS Auditorium

April 3 – April 12 – Spring Break

Wednesday, April 15 – Link Up Concert at the Frauenthal Theater