Week in Review

This week we continued to work on place value as we focused on decimals. We worked in small groups and pairs as we worked on tenths and hundredths. We also continued to review multiplication and created the multiplication charts for each family to have as a resource while we are still working on our facts.

We began to talk about the attributes of a leader as we learned about Martin Luther King Jr. We viewed a video of him as well as researched information on the internet to find out what made him a great leader. We will continue to learn about the attributes of a leader when we work on our Civil Rights unit in March.

This week Flat Stanley arrived! This time he traveled to Ft. Collins, Colorado! So far, Flat Stanley has traveled 15,384 miles this school year and we are still waiting for him to return from several locations around the globe!

We continued to listen to Mrs. Griswold read the book A Wrinkle in Time. Our vocabulary words this week were gallivant, defiant, infuriate, somber, ominous, and deviate. The students worked in pairs to come up with examples for the words.

What are some things that could infuriate you?

• if you got an F- on your test
• not getting any presents for your birthday
• not getting any presents on Christmas

When might you have an ominous feeling?

• if you are driving in the middle of the night
• if you see dark clouds (a storm coming)

What are some things that you might be somber about?

• a funeral
• a sick pet or when a pet dies

When have you been defiant?

• not getting off of the computer
• not cleaning my room
• not stopping watching T.V.
• not doing my homework

When might you need to deviate?

• if you're in danger
• if you're in trouble

As we continued to work on the moon and space, we searched for information and answers to our own questions on the internet and in informational texts. Many of the students also viewed videos as we learned more about the moon and space. As we viewed the videos and read informational texts about space, the students identified the Very Important Points as we are continuing to work on summarizing. Madi, Ava, and Josie performed read alouds based on information they found in informational texts. Each student also read the book What the Moon is Like and identified Very Important Points (VIP's) from the text. Here are a few of the VIP's identified by the students:

• The moon is a dull, grayish brown.
• The moon gets up to 250 degrees at day and down to 290 degrees below zero at night.
• You would be lighter on the moon than Earth. If you weigh 60 pounds on Earth you are only 10 pounds on the moon.
• Holes in the moon were made by rocks that crashed into the moon.
• Day on the moon lasts for 2 weeks and night lasts for 2 weeks.
• 12 people have landed on the moon.

This week we also searched for, identified, and began researching our constellations. Next week each student will present his/her research to the class as well as create their constellation on black poster board. The students will have the choice to either recreate their chosen constellation or create a new constellation.