“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” – Albert Einstein
Important Information
Thank you for all the wonderful teacher appreciation gifts. It was very thoughtful of everyone.
While last week was a rainy week, I am hoping for lots of sunshine this week!
The Spring Concert is on Tuesday. Please drop your child off in the classroom at 6:30.
Permission slip and money for our field trip to Round One are due next week..
Some children have been forgetting their Chromebooks or not charging them. Please remind your child to bring the charged Chromebook to school everyday.
Academics
Math: We are still working with fractions. We are comparing fractions using different strategies. We are using concrete models and drawings. We are comparing fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator. We will also consider the size of a missing piece.
ELA: For Unit 5, Week 6 our essential question is “What are different kinds of energy?” The following is a list of everything we will be covering in ELA, including our vocabulary and spelling words.
- Genre: Argumentative Text
- Shared Reading: “Here Comes Solar Power”
- Anchor Text: “It’s All in the Wind”
- Paired Selection: “Power For All”
- Ask and Answer Questions
- Author’s Claim
- Text Structure: Cause and Effect
- Text Features
- Vocabulary Words
- energy
- natural
- pollution
- produce
- renewable
- replace
- sources
- traditional
- Week 5 Spelling Words
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- disagreed
- dislike
- disappear
- presale
- preschool
- precook
- previous
- rebuild
- return
- resell
- reprint
- unwrap
- unlucky
- untied
- unbeaten
- robot
- tine
- label
- unknown
- recover
Social Studies: We are learning about the Homestead Act and immigrants from Asia.
Science: We are beginning our unit on weather.
Religion: We are learning about God creating the world and His gracious gifts to us.
TEST and QUIZZES
Friday Spelling and Reading Test
Have a wonderful week! If you have any questions, please email me at nperovich@trinityli.org
