May 10, 2012
This week in ELA students have had an opportunity to work with writer Jackie Sweeney. The focus has been specifically on poetry. Here are some written samples of student's work.
Camping
by Jordan Parent
I want to go camping, really camping,
Not camping in an RV.
I want to put up a tent and not mess up-
Not have the tent collapse
I want to make a fire with sticks and stones,
I want to learn to make a Fire---really learn
I want to see a fire and a tent, the perfect campsite.
I want to make a fire just like my dad. I want to hear birds, crickets, and wild animals.
Give me hands to make a perfect campsite.
Who Am I?
By: Jade Dennis
I want to be the right person,
Not a person who tells lies and it's ok!
Not a person who can tell a couple lies and then break them.
I want to be powerful, strong, a fun filled person! There is a person in my class that I admire.
I really want to be the person that people can count on!!!!!
I want to be an athletic and an amazing artist!!!!
I don't want to just make a couple of scribbles and not try!!
I want to be who I am, no, not a liar, not a promise breaker, no, not a quitter?
I don't want to be somebody I'm not--
Only an incredible, international, passionate, sensational,
Unpredictable girl!!!!!!! I want to have the right attitude
So tell me......
Students are continuing to read numerous stories and books of their choosing in addition to reading and discussing the novel Jelly Belly. We are also continuing to read and discuss many non-fiction essays and texts on the subjects of social studies and science. This week students read the most current Time For Kids magazine as well as the NYS Conservationist newsletter.
Remember Celebrate Reading night is scheduled for May 15, 2012 The event begins at 6 PM. Three students from our class have been asked to read their poems that evening.
In math this week our work has focused on comparing fractions as well as subtracting and adding fractions with the same denominator.
In science this week we began our study of simple machines.
Dates to remember- School Budget Vote May 15, 2012
Albany Field Trip- State Capital, Museum, Governor's Mansion May 31. 2012
Mabee Farm June 13, 2012
Room 352
April 23, 2012
This week students are taking the NYS Math Test on Wed.. Thurs. and Fri. For this reason there is no spelling test this week.
In science this week our unit of study on electricity has continued. This week students have constructed closed series and parallel circuits and review what materials are conductors and what materials are insulators.
In math sstudents have and continue to review the following topics: place Value, 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication, subtraction across zeros, how to determine perimeter and area of a space, word problems as well as multiplication and division facts.
In ELA Students have read numerous stories, articles and passages. One of the passages they read focused on the travels of Henry Hudson.
Students are also currently reading the novel Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith.
Over the course of the past month Mrs Quinn our school social worker has been conducting a anti- bully program aimed at teaching the boys and girls in our room what bulling is as well as strategies to use when they see it occurring.
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