Compass Learning

Have you ever heard about Compass Learning? It is a great online program that our students in grades 3-5 have subscriptions for.  It sets practice at your child's level in ELA and math.  Meeting them at their level, as determined by MAP scores in September, students can continue to grow in a fun way.  

We have begun to use this as a supplement to our ELA instruction and will soon begin in math.  Feel free to use this resource at home!


Here's the link:
Compass Learning

Username :  8 digit number (the same log-in students use for everything else

Password:  same letter/number combination students use for everything else

Looking Ahead Week of October 31, 2016

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 31, 2016

ELA:  We will continue the writing process.  We will analyze text for main idea, supporting details, and structure.  We will begin the story, Boomtown.

Math:  We will continue with rounding.  A quiz will be on Wednesday, November 2.

Science:  We will begin learning about water habitats.

Social Studies:  We will begin learning about early explorers.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 24

Spotlight on Learning

Week of October 24, 2016

ELA:  This week we began planning to write a personal narrative about fall. Students have learned a strategy I call "pick, list, and choose" in which they brainstorm as many words they can about a topic and use sorting to help them determine whether a detail will a be strong or weak component to support the main idea.  They have enjoyed working with this so far. We haven't started the actual writing, and I am already seeing great plans!

We have begun to look at various nonfiction articles to describe text features, main idea, and supporting details.

We also began working with Compass Learning, an online program that helps to meet the needs of each child using videos, practice, and online quizzes.

Math:  We began rounding.  Students will have a quiz on this skill on Wednesday, November 2.

Science:  We ended our rainforest unit.

Social Studies:  We ended our SC Native American unit.

Halloween

Halloween is on Monday.  Students should come to school dressed as they normally would. Please do not send costumes and or props with your child on Monday. Thank you!

Upcoming Tests

Test Schedule

Wednesday, October 26:  SC Native Americans Test

Friday:  October 28:  Rainforest Test

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 24

• ELA:  We will be writing a narrative writing piece, focusing on beginnings, elaborate details, organization, and conclusions.  We will also be working with main idea again through nonfiction.
• Math:  We will be working on rounding.
• Social Studies:  We will wrap up our learning about Native Americans and begin learning about early explorers.
• Science:  We will wrap up our learning about rainforests and begin learning about water habitats.

Spotlight on Learning Week of October 17

Week of October 17

Math:  We continued learning about elapsed time and telling time to the nearest minute.

ELA:  We learned about elements of a story such as characters, setting, and plot. We also learned about transition words and the role they play in giving readers clues as to the sequence of events in a story.  

Science:  We wrapped up our learning about rainforests.

Social Studies:  We wrapped up our learning about SC Native Americans.