In Writing today, we added transitions to our narrative. We reviewed that in addition to our list of time-order words, transitions can also take the form of quotations, or sounds, just to name a couple simple examples.
We began a new unit of content where will learn about early American civilizations. These will include the Mayans, Incas, and Aztecs. In our lesson today, we learned that families and community members relied on and helped one another when help was needed.
Necessary adjustments in instruction have had to be made above and beyond typical adjustments for testing and parent conferences due to so many students being absent lately, but we are now finally into our next Writing unit. Our current genre is fictional narrative. We have combined art instruction in tandem with the unit. We began exploring and practicing with some of the elements of art, namely: line, shape, and texture, to create our main and supporting characters for our narrative.
To preface the unit in reading, speaking, and content lessons, we are currently engaged in a comparative literature unit analyzing folk tales from all around the world. Students are using 2 and 3 circle Venn diagrams to compare and contrast. We are also examining the structue of the fantasy/fiction narrative itself. We have reviewed the following key elements:
In Writing, we talked out our reasons for our opinion and then planned our reasons on paper (quick-sketch).
Math application problem:
Lisa had 3 boxes of crayons, each with 10 crayons inside, plus 5 extra crayons. Sally had 19 crayons. Sally thought she had more crayons than Lisa. Lisa thought Sally was wrong. Who was right?
Grades for this assignment have been posted to Schoology.
In Writing, we have begun our second persuasive writing piece. We will be writing a persuasive letter. Our first task was to make a list of adults who could be recipients of a letter. Our next task was to decide upon an issue we cared about and then decide who would be the audience for our arguement.
In Writing today, we added closing statement to our drafts which completes all of the necessary elements of opinion writing.
In Math today we solved by constructing a table. Math application problem:
Larry asked his friends whether dogs or cats are smarter. Nine of his friends think dogs are smarter and 6 think cats are smarter. Make a table to show Larry's data collection. How many friends did he ask?
Unsatisfactory notices have been turned in and will be sent home likely next week. These are sent to notify parents that is might be possible that your child could be receiving a 1 or 2 in a particular subject.
In Writing Today, we drafted our openings.
Math application problem:
I have 2 crayons. Each crayon is 9 centimeters cubes long. I also have a paintbrush. The paintbrush is the same length as 2 crayons. How many centimeter cubes long is the paintbrush?
