A Peek at Next Week

Columbian Exchange Presentations

A Look at Next Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will practice annotating a text while doing a close-read.
Language Arts- We will continue to build our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  

Word Work- We will continue to work with our Unit 1 word parts:  aqua, bio, man, phon, pre, and uni.

Science-  We will continue to study our first unit, "Patterns of Earth and Sky."  Students will investigate the size and distance of stars using their online simulations.  We will be discussing that although there are stars all around us, we cannot always see them.

Social Studies- We will finish discussing Lesson 4.2, and will read Lesson 4.3 "Life in New Spain."

Math-  We will continue to learn about volume.  We will be looking at rectangular prisms and noticing how although there can be many prisms with different dimensions, they can have the same volume.

Important Days:
Tuesday- Magazine Turn-in Day
Friday- Movie Night

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

A Peek at Next Week

Math Stations

A Look at Next Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will continue to review drawing inferences, author's purpose, and creating questions as we read.
Language Arts- We will continue to build our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  

Word Work- We will continue to work with our Unit 1 word parts:  aqua, bio, man, phon, pre, and uni.

Science-  We will continue to study our first unit, "Patterns of Earth and Sky".  Students will investigate the distances between stars, and the different sizes of stars, use their online simulations.

Social Studies- We will present our slides on the Columbian Exchange, and read Lesson 4.2 "Different Worlds Collide". 

Math-  We will be learning about volume.  We will be looking at rectangular prisms and noticing how although there can be many prisms with different dimensions, they can have the same volume.

Important Days:
Tuesday- Magazine Turn-in Day

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

A Peek at This Week

Soft Start

A Look at This Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will be reviewing visualization and how to draw inferences as we read.
Language Arts- We will continue to build our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  

Word Work- We will begin our first unit in Word Work.  Unit 1 word parts are:  aqua, bio, man, phon, pre, and uni.

Science-  We will begin our first unit, "Patterns of Earth and Sky".  Students will continue to investigate and answer our unit question:  Why do we see different stars at different times?  Students will get to investigate our online simulation of the night sky.

Social Studies- We will continue to discuss Lesson 4.1 "The Voyages of Columbus."  Students will be making a short PowerPoint presentation on the Columbian Exchange.

Math-  We will be reviewing multiples, factors, products, and the Order of Operation.  

Important Days:
Tuesday- Picture Day
Wednesday- MAPs Testing
Thursday- MAPs Testing

Have a wonderful week!!!

Welcome Back!

Mrs. Mastny's Class of Little Einsteins

Welcome to a new school year!  I hope everyone is finally settling in.  Thank you for a wonderful first week of school!

A Look at This Week:

 ELA

Reading- We will continue to learn our classroom routines and expectations, as well as differentiating between the main idea (gist) and a summary.  We will practice summarizing both fiction and non-fiction texts using a graphic organizer, that asks the 6 main questions:  Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?  

Language Arts- We will continue to build our writing stamina in our Writer's Notebook.  

Science-  We will begin our first unit, "Patterns of Earth and Sky".  Students will investigate and answer our unit question:  Why do we see different stars at different times?

Social Studies- We will begin our first unit of study with the Early Americans, and how Columbus "discovered" America.

Math-  We will be reviewing rounding rules, and place value up to the millions.  

Important Days:
Monday- No School, Labor Day
Wednesday- Curriculum Night 6:30-8:00PM

Have a wonderful week!!!