Second to the last week down! As we creep closer to winter break everyone has been so focused and engaged in their learning, good job class on staying on track this past week. We finished our units on multiplication and the human body, we are finishing our poetry unit this coming week, and practiced our winter show performance!
In English we took a look at onomatopoeia, or words that indicate the sound something makes. We also learned about Haiku poetry and spend Friday writing our own. Students are still doing word study every morning, reading and writing in their reading journals, and using Education City to bolster their knowledge in English grammar topics and poetry.
We finished our look at multiplication for the time being; students reviewed what we covered with a fun review board game with Ms. Mary and broke down word problems with me. Word problems can be tricky for anyone, but with so many English language learners they proved extra challenging. We will be reviewing multiplication again after the break along side division, so everyone will get even more chances to practice their skills and those pesky word problems.
Our unit on the human body came to a close with a look at the nervous system. Students revisited the brain (which we touched on in our very first IPC unit ‘Brainwave’ at the beginning of the year!) We looked at the central and peripheral nervous systems and the parts of the brain and what each controls. We will do a few activities this coming week to close our unit and finish our Human Body Research Books – but well done class on such a long and intensive look at the rather complex system of ourselves.
In Digital Literacy we did some more touch typing and did an internet scavenger hunt. Students practiced finding information in search engines and recording the URL of where they found information. We used our PSHE time to work together perfecting our song for winter show; there are quite a few of us so moving in synch and getting it all down takes some work!
I will see everyone Monday for our last week of the term!
Mrs. Leah