Week 10 - still a beautiful fall!

Randomness

Musical Books - no one gets out and everyone is a winner. The students were able to see what their classmates were currently reading and gain some great new titles to read next.  

Academic All Star Trifecta!  

Suhayb - Mrs. Beaverson's class

Alexa - Art class

Moni - Music class

Congrats Moni, Suhayb and Alexa keep up the all star work!

Reading

We are close to finishing up our novels A Long Walk to Water and Home of the Brave. We have been building our knowledge of Sudan, Africa, The Lost Boys of Sudan and the current refugee crisis. After Thanksgiving break the students will switch novels. The students have shown their knowledge of the assigned reading by having discussions both in person and online. I am blown away with their critical thinking, insights and connections as they discuss the novels.

Science

The ipads were brought in to our science class this week so that the students could practice using the app Book Creator. This will be used to document our new Salinity Investigation. Students will be creating a book that has pictures, video and notes describing the investigation and its outcomes. We broke up into new science groups and planted our seeds to see how the amount of salt in water affects their growth. 

Math

Division and ski jumping...what do they have in common? Ask your child if they have Mrs. B and Ms. Y for math class.

Finally! I managed to get a few shots during math this week. We started Unit 4 - Division and will be working on it until Thanksgiving break. Our goal is to test next Monday or Tuesday. The students worked really hard this week to learn the partial quotients method of dividing. They also worked collaboratively to put word problems into groups based on what operation they would need to solve the problem.