![]() MATH... This week students worked on looking at the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percents. Much opportunity was given for practicing with conversions among fractions, decimals, and percents as well. At the end of the week, we looked at different strategies for multiplying decimals. Next week we will continue with this and also work on dividing decimals. A review will take place on Wednesday and our Unit 9 test will be Thursday of next week. MATH MANIA...Topics covered recently: Polygons, Types of Triangles, and Lines. In addition to all of the above, we work daily on practice problems for the OAA test scheduled for the end of April. ![]() READING/LANGUAGE... Write away! Students are continuously writing across the curriculum. Some examples: -Extended response answers in Math -Reports on Famous Ohioans in Social Studies -Fictional narratives -Journaling in Science about our special spots -Written assessments about changes to our Earth's surface in Science -Written conversations about famous Ohioans in Social Studies -Letters to Pen Pals Our Reading focus has been in our content areas this week as we explored Ohio's history and our Earth's surface. ![]() SOCIAL STUDIES-Famous Ohioans and the Wax Museum... Thanks so much for helping your child organize their research into final reports. I appreciate this assistance from you on the home front! Students additionally posted their reports to our blogs and this is the tool we used for sharing. On Thursday, students had time to read each other's reports on Kidblog, comment on the writing, and record a significant take-away. Additionally, students returned to class and had written conversations about their new learning, connections, and questions. We also began practicing lines this week for next week's Wax Museum of Famous Ohioans. Thank you for helping your child rehearse his/her lines at home. PERFORMANCE REMINDER: Please come for the Wax Museum of Famous Ohioans! Thursday, March 28th 2:20 pm ![]() SCIENCE... We wrapped up our unit on The Earth's Changing Surface this week! Students used a variety of resources and class experiences to complete a written assessment over the material. UP with ART...Students enjoyed Mrs. Caley's Up With Art presentation this week on the life and work of Frederic Remington. Students created with pastels following the presentation. Check out their work!
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