Looking Ahead Week of October 30-November 3

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 30-November 3

ELA:  We will continue to learn more about story elements.  We will also work more with narrative writing.

Math:  We will continue working with estimation (rounding). We will also solve word problems with addition (both exact and estimated numbers).  We will have a quiz on Thursday.

Social Studies:  We will review what we have learned about SC explorers. We will have a test on Friday.

Science: We will wrap up our unit on rainforests.

Week in Review October 23-27

Week in Review

October 23-27

ELA-  We worked to analyze fiction through discussions about story elements, especially characters.  Students are becoming experts at describing story elements and providing evidence behind their thinking!  In writing, we learned about the skill of "show don't tell". This concept is about elaborating details so that the reader gets a clearer picture of what the author is trying to convey.  

Math-  We learned how to round to the nearest 10 and to the nearest 100 using a number line model.  We also discussed the relative size of milliliters and liters. We will have a quiz on Thursday, November 2.

Social Studies:  We finished learning about explorers that came to South Carolina.  In particular, we learned about Hernando DeSoto, Juan Pardo, Jean Ribault, William Hilton, and Dr. Henry Woodward.  We will have a test on these explorers on Friday, November 3.

Science: We learned about the rainforest.

Compass Learning

Many students have asked if they can do Compass Learning (math and reading practice) at home.  The answer is yes!  Below are some tips to help them out.

Tips for Using Compass Learning at Home

• Use this link to access Compass Learning  https://www.thelearningodyssey.com/ 
• Username:  8 digit ID
• Password:  same as they use to sign into their Chromebooks
• School:  lceuc               
• Choose Hybridge Math or Hybridge Reading tile
• Always start at whichever tile is at the left of the screen.

Wolf! Read Aloud Video

Use this link to watch a read aloud of this week's story.

Wolf! Read Aloud

Looking Ahead Week of October 23, 2017

Looking Ahead 

Week of October 23, 2017

ELA:  We will be looking closely at story elements.  We will read Wolf!, a story in our reading book. The test on Wolf! will be on Thursday, October 26.  

Math:  We will continue learning about liters and milliliters. We will also begin rounding.

Social Studies:  We will continue learning about European explorers.

Science:  We will begin learning about rainforests.

Week in Review October 16-20

Week in Review

October 16-20

ELA:  We continued to work with questioning and making connections to help us with nonfiction selections.  We read Earth Smart, a Time for Kids article about a "green" school in Michigan.  We also worked with high interest nonfiction articles during small group instruction.

Math:  We reviewed basic concepts of time.

Social Studies:  We began learning about European Explorers.

Science:  We wrapped up our learning about the temperate forest.

Looking Ahead Week of October 16

Looking Ahead Week of October 16, 2017

ELA:  We will continue our work with nonfiction.  We will apply what we have learned about questioning, making connections, and visualizing to what we read.  We will work on restating questions and adding detail from the text in our answers.  We will read Earth Smart, a short story in our reading book. We will have a test on this Thursday.

Math:  We will wrap up our review of time. We will begin to explore liters and milliliters.

Social Studies:  We will begin learning about South Carolina explorers.

Science:  We will finish learning about forest habitats.  We will have a test on forest habitats on Wednesday, October 18.

Quizlet for Earth Smart

Quizlet for Earth Smart

Week in Review October 9-13

Week in Review

October 9-13

ELA:  We worked with strategies such as questioning and making connections to help our reading experiences become more meaningful.  We also began comparing texts.

Math:  We worked with time.  We reviewed telling time to the nearest quarter hour, half hour, and five minute intervals.

Science:  We learned about temperate forests.  We will have a test on temperate forest habitats on Wednesday, October 18.

Social Studies:  We wrapped up our learning about Native Americans in South Carolina.

Fall Conferences

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Looking Forward Week of October 9

Week Ahead 

October 9-13

ELA:

Math:  We will have a test on Module 1 on Tuesday, October 10.  We will review time concepts:  reading a clock to the nearest half hour, nearest five minutes, and the nearest quarter hour.

Social Studies:  We will wrap up our learning about South Carolina Tribes (Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee).  We will have a test on this information on Friday, October 13.

Science:  We will begin learning about temperate forests.

Box Tops

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